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BULLETIN 511, U, S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
turning plow on each side of the bed. These beds are then harrowed 
down with a spike-tooth harrow until they are only 3 or 4 inches 
high. - Sometimes a disk harrow or 1-horse cultivator may be used 
for leveling down the bed. 
The cotton is planted on this slight bed with a 1-horse planter. 
The rows are about 4 feet apart and 3 to 4 pecks of seed are planted 
per acre. When chopped, the stalks are left from 15 to 20 inches 
apart in the rows. 
Table XII. — Tillage practices with cotton in the Mississippi Delta, showing depths oj 
plowing, implements used, number of times each is used, and normal acre yields. 
[In columns 5 to 10 and 12 to 21 the figures show the order in which the implement was used on the several 
farms; as, l=first working or cultivation, 2=second working or cultivation, etc.] 
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before planting. 
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a Cultivations 2, 6, 7, 9, 10, and 12. 
b Lister. 
c Cultivations 2, 4, 6, and 8. 
d One-horse spring-tooth cultivator. . 
« Cultivations 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, and 9. 
/ Cultivations 2 and 3 with 1-horse spring-tooth 
cultivator; cultivations 4 to 12 with 2-horse 
spring-tooth cultivator. 
g Weeder. 
h Cultivations 4, 6, 8, and 10. 
i Cultivations 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, and 10. 
k Cultivations 5, 7, 9, and 11. 
