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BULLETIN 1292, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
used. Some of the machines are a combination planter and fertilizer 
distributor, which can also be used for planting such crops as corn, 
peas, and beans, as well as distributing fertilizer. (See Table 15.) 
Fig. 6.— Man at right planting cotton on beds made by the two outfits at left 
All operations having to do with killing weeds, stirring the soil after 
planting, and thinning cotton are classified as cultivating operations. 
(See Fig. 7.) The first of these operations is siding, winch is per- 
Fig. 7. — Cultivating cotton with a combination riding and walking l-row cultivator. The use of such an 
implement requires but one trip to the row as compared with two with a scooter or scrape 
formed with a scooter or scrape. The implement is run up and down 
each side of the row and throws the weeds and grass to the middle. 
This operation is performed several times during the season and the 
