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BULLETIN 511, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
equipped with, two scrapes, one of which runs on each side of the row 
and scrapes the soil away from the cotton plants, leaving them on a 
small ridge, where they can be easily chopped to a stand with a hoe. 
After chopping, the next cultivation is given with a 2-horse 4-shovel 
cultivator equipped with four 6-inch or 8-inch sweeps instead of 
shovels (fig. 10). These sweeps push the earth back to the cotton 
plants. Three or four cultivations are given with this implement, 
and the size of the sweep is increased at each cultivation up to 12 
or 14 inches. 
For the last cultivation this same implement is used, equipped 
with only two large sweeps. (See fig. 11.) Often a 2-horse disk cul- 
Fig. 10.— A 2-horse 4-shovel cultivator with small sweeps attached instead of shovels, extensively used 
for the tillage of cotton in Texas, Oklahoma, and other sections of the cotton belt. 
tivator is used for the last cultivation. A few farmers employ a 
1 -horse sweep in cultivating, but most of the work is done with 
2-horse implements. The cotton is left slightly ridged at the last 
cultivation. (See fig. 12.) In all, five or six cultivations are given. 
At the third or fourth cultivation the rows are again gone over with 
a hoe and any weeds or extra cotton stalks are chopped out. No 
cover crops are grown. 
The principal varieties of cotton grown are Georgia Big Boll, King's 
Improved, Rowden, and Mebane. 
The most troublesome weeds are cocklebur, crab-grass, careless 
weed ; morning-glory, and pigweed. 
