FARM PRACTICE IN THE CULTIVATION OF COTTON. 
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Table VIII. — Practices with cotton in nineteen regions surveyed, showing average data 
in regard to depths of plowing, number of cultivations, price of land, commercial ferti- 
lizer used, and normal acre yields. 
Region surveyed (fig. 1). 
Depth 
of 
plow- 
ing. 
Average number of — 
Price 
of 
land. 
Commercial 
fertilizer used. 
Key 
letter. 
f ounty, State, etc. 
Work- 
ings 
after 
plowing 
and 
before 
plant- 
ing. 
Culti- 
vations 
after 
plant- 
ing. 
Hand 
culti- 
vations. 
Farms 
apply- 
ing. 
Per 
acre. 
Yield. 
A 
Inches. 
5- 
4| 
6} 
6 
6 
6 
7 
5i 
7 
4 
4 
5i 
4 
5 
4| 
4J 
4| 
4i 
6 
2.5 
2 
3 
3.5 
3.5 
3 
3.5 
3-5 
3.5 
1.5 
2 
3 
2 
1.5 
2.5 
2 
2 
1.5 
2.5 
6 
9.5 
6.5 
5.5 
6.5 
5.5 
5.5 
5-5 
5.5 
5 
5 
5.5 
5.5 
5 
5 
4.5 
4.5 
4.5 
2 
2.5 
2.5 
2 
2.5 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2.5 
2 
2 
1.5 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
S108. 00 
55.00 
55. 00 
120. 00 
34.50 
44.00 
41.50 
67.50 
54.00 
34.50 
146. 50 
30.00 
34.00 
22.00 
20.50 
85. 50 
26.00 
35.00 
97.00 
P.ct. 

24 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
12 
100 


100 
4 
92 
84 

60 
48 

Pounds. 
"""]"36" 
676 
330 
666 
416 
342 
200 
506 
"""312* 
300 
286 
205 
'202' 
202 
Pounds. 
1,200 
B 
1,034 
c 
Robeson, N. C 
1,006 
D 
958 
E 
Barnwell, S. C 
925 
F 
Pike, Ga 
904 
G 
Tift, Ga 
881 
H 
Giles, Tenn 
860 
I 
Bulloch, Ga 
816 
J 
St. Francis, Ark 
767 
K 
Ellis, Tex 
684 
L 
676 
M 
676 
N 
665 

644 
P 
642 
Q 
R 
Houston, Tex 
610 
586 
s 
472 
Summary Showing Averages by Regions and Divisions. 
Area in farms. 
Per acre. 
Depth 
of 
plow- 
ing. 
Average number of— 
Commercial 
fertilizer used. 
Regions and divisions. 
Total. 
Culti- 
vated. 
Price 
of 
land. 
Nor- 
mal 
yield. 
Work- 
ings 
after 
plowing 
and 
before 
plant- 
ing. 
Culti- 
vations 
after 
plant- 
ing. 
Hand 
culti- 
vations. 
Farms 
apply- 
ing. 
Per 
acre. 
Regions: 
Nine best 
Acres. 
311 
245 
Acres. 
193 
137 
$64.50 
55.00 
Pounds. 
954 
628 
Inches. 
6 
4.5 
3 
2 
6 
5 
2 
2 
P.ct. 
70 
43 
Lbs. 
408 
Nine poorest 
251 
Average of all 
areas studied. . 
282 
168 
58.50 
790 
5 
2.5 
5.5 
2 
54 
341 
Divisions: 
Delta area 
South Atlantic di- 
vision 
212 
737 
251 
236 
121 
486 
148 
135 
50.00 
81.50 
39.50 
78.00 
854 
1,117 
714 
617 
6 
5 
4.5 
5 
3 
2.5 
2 
2 
5.5 
7.5 
5 
5 
2 
2.5 
2 
?, 
99 
12 
36 
13 
442 
130 
Intermediate areas 
Southwestern di- 
vision 
202 
251 
The price of land and the yields of cotton per acre are somewhat 
related, but there is only a slight correlation. (See Tables VIII and 
X.) However, the average acre value of land for the nine areas 
having the highest acre yield of seed cotton is $64.50, while the 
average acre value for the nine having the lowest average normal 
