FARM PRACTICE IN THE CULTIVATION OF CORN. 
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Table XXVIII. — Tillage practices ivith com in Pike County, Ala., showing 
depth of plowing, implements used in order of use, numoer of times each is 
and normal yield of the crop. 
[In columns 4, 5, and 7 to 11 the figures show the order in which the implement was usee 
farms; as, 1 = first working or cultivation, 2 = second working or cultivation, 
on 
etc.] 
the several 
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plowing and 
before planting. 
Tillage after planting. 
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CD 
xi 
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Rows 
run 
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1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
1 
10 
7 
6 
10 
10 
10 
6 
9 
6 
10 
5 
4 
5 
8 
6 
7 
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3 
5 
5 
4 
1 
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.... 
2 
1 
1 
2 
2 
1 
2 
3 
3,4,5 
2,3,5 
3,5 
4 
3,5 
3,5 
4,6,7 
3,5 
2,3,4 
4 
3,4 
2 
2,4 
3,5 
3,5,6 
2 
2,4 
3,5,6 
5 
2,4 
3 
5 
6 
5 
4 
5 
5 
7 
5 
4 
4 
4 
3 
4 
5 
6 
4 
4 
6 
5 
4 
3 
5 
6 
5 
4 
5 
5 
7 
5 
4 
4 
4 
3 
4 
5 
6 
4 
4 
6 
5 
4 
30 
2 
1 
1,4,6 
25 
3 
25 
4 
1,4 
3 
2,3 
2 
2 
1 
18 
5 
1 
33 
6 
l 
1 
14 
40 
7 
2,4 
1,2,3,5 
2,4 
1 
20 
8 
l 
1 
20 
9 
1 
20 
10 
1 
12 
11 
1 
1,2,3 
20 
12 
1 
1 
1 
1,3 
2 
15 
13 
20 
14 
l 
l 
i 
1 
1 
1 
1,3 
15 
4 
2,4 
1,3 
1,3 
2,4 
2,3 
1.3 
1 
1 
4 
2 
18 
16 
17 
18 
19 
1 
4 
20 
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.... l 
1 
1 
1 
31 
21 
Farms using per cent. . 
Average 
6.' 7 
80.9 
33.3 23.8 
6 
85.7 
47.6 
38.1 
4.8 
100 

4.7 
4.7 
23.1 
Only a few of the leading roads have been macadamized, and during 
wet weather hauling is difficult. Owing to the mild winters and the 
scarcity of cattle, very cheap barns and outbuildings are found on 
most farms. Because of so many cheap tenant houses and the lack 
of good outbuildings, the country does not look prosperous, but the 
landowners have good dwelling houses and appear well to do. 
Some of the farms are operated by the owners with hired labor, 
but most of the farming is by the tenant system, in which the land- 
lord furnishes all supplies and supervises the work. The land is 
often owned in large tracts and operated by a number of tenants, each 
tenant cultivating about 25 acres. 
No general rotation is practiced. The principal crops are corn 
and cotton, with about two-thirds of the land in cotton. Some oats 
are grown on most farms. In the southwestern part of the county, 
considerable sugar cane is grown. Peanuts and velvet beans are 
