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BULLETIN 1292, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Fig. 8. — Waiting is the cause of much lost time when the cotton is ginned 
Table 16. — Cultivating cotton 
Operation, implement, number of furrows, and crew 
Width 
of row 
Number 
of re- 
ports 
Average 
acreage 
per day 
Acreage reported 
most frequently 
Chop (1 man) . 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Hoe first time (1 man) 
Do . 
Do.. 
Do.... 
Do 1 
Hoe second time (1 man) 
Do.... 
Do. 
Side (scooter or scrape; 2 furrows, 1 man, 1 mule) 
Do. 
Do 
Do 
Do. 
Bar-off (turnplow, 2 furrows, 1 man, 1 mule) 
Do 
Cultivate middles (shovel cultivator, 1 furrow, 1 man 
1 mule) 
Do. 
Do 
Do 
Do.... 
Feet 
4 
4H 
5 
3 
VA 
4 
4J4 
5 
3M 
4 
4H 
3 
3H 
4 
4H 
5 
3H 
4 
3 
VA 
4 
4H 
5 
1.07 
1.12 
97 
1.21 
18 
1.32 
13 
1.38 
15 
1.35 
88 
1.47 
74 
1.69 
1.85 
1.90 
1.80 
3.09 
87 
3.52 
in 
4.00 
15 
4.37 
11 
4.68 
21 
3.63 
28 
4.02 
15 
6.40 
81 
7.42 
04 
8.54 
9.47 
10.04 
1 (16 reports). 
1 (57 reports). 
1 (54 reports). 
(iy 2 (19 reports). 
\l (11 reports). 
Scattering. 
(1 (8 reports). 
\1 (32 reports). 
2 (25 reports), 
fl (25 reports). 
\2 (17 reports). 
Scattering. 
Do. 
fl (5 reports). 
\2 (5 reports). 
/I (15 reports). 
\2 (8 reports). 
Scattering. 
3 (14 reports). 
/3 (27 reports) . 
\4 (29 reports). 
4 (45 reports). 
f4 (5 reports) . 
\5 (6 reports). 
5 (7 reports). 
[ZVt (5 reports). 
\4 (5 reports). 
(3(8 reports). 
\4 (12 reports). 
/ 6 (8 reports) . 
\7 (23 reports). 
8 (22 reports). 
/8 (32 reports). 
\10 (23 reports). 
10 (9 reports) 
10 (8 reports). 
