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BULLETIN 1292, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE 
A few men in this area subsoil. The practice is not very common 
because of the character of the soil, but enough reports were obtained 
to show the performance of crews with different implements. The 
purpose of this operation is to loosen the soil in the row to a greater 
depth than is possible with a turnplow, or to mix the fertilizer which 
has been put down in the row. (See Table 14.) 
Fig. 5. — Using a horn to distribute fertilizer by hand before planting 
Table 3. — Cutting cotton or cornstalks 
(1-row stalk cutter — 1 man, 2 mules) 
Width 
of row 
Number 
of 
reports 
Average 
acreage 
per day 
Feet 
3 
28 
7.64 
3H 
106 
7.77 
4 
128 
8.65 
VA 
65 
8.85 
5 
47 
19 
9.10 
11.10 
6 
43 
13.15 
Acreage reported 
most frequently 
/6 (6 reports). 
\8 (6 reports). 
(7 (21 reports). 
\8 (30 reports). 
/8 (40 reports). 
\10 (30 reports). 
/8 (33 reports). 
\10 (16 reports). 
10 (20 reports). 
10 (11 reports). 
fl2 (14 reports). 
115 (13 reports). 
Table 4. — Plowing (flat breaking) 
Implement 
Man 
Mules 
Number 
of 
reports 
Average 
acreage 
per day 
Acreage reported 
most frequently 
Turnplow.. 
1 
1 
2 
3 
4 
2 
3 
4 
84 
654 
32 
40 
9 
43 
22 
1.49 
2.01 
3.34 
5.02 
2.11 
2.23 
2.75 
fl (25 reports). 
\2 (23 reports). 
2 (341 reports). 
Do 
Do 
3 (21 reports). 
Do 
5 (23 reports). 
Disk plow... 
2 (6 reports). 
Do 
2 (19 reports). 
Do... 
3 (11 reports). 
