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BULLETIN 511, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table XI. — Tillage 'practices with cotton in Pemiscot County, Mo., showing depths of 
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a Shovel plow. 
b One-horse spring-tooth cultivator. 
Large tracts of land are owned by a few men. This land is divided 
into farms of 100 to 150 acres and rented to white tenants on a cash 
basis. About 50 per cent of the farms are worked by tenants. 
Often the land is rented for cash and then sublet on a share basis. 
The principal crops grown are cotton, corn, and alfalfa. No set 
rotations are practiced, and cotton is often planted on the same land 
for a number of years. Alfalfa does exceptionally well here and is 
grown on every farm. The yield is from 2 to 5 tons of hay per acre. 
The cotton yields are high, but the quantity produced is limited by 
the labor available for picking. 
Cotton and hay are the principal money crops, although some corn 
is sold. Enough hogs are kept to supply meat for home demands, 
