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BULLETIN 511, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
SURVEY IN ROBESON COUNTY, N. C. 
Robeson County is located in the southeastern central part of 
North Carolina in the Coastal Plain area. The tillage records for this 
county (Table XIII) were taken near Lumberton and Rowland. 
This is a typical cotton section. The country is very flat, and 
in some sections swampy. The soil is a sandy loam with a clay 
subsoil. It is easily cultivated, and where organic matter is added 
and large quantities of commercial fertilizers are used good crop 
yields are obtained. 
The farm conditions in this region are typical for southeastern 
North Carolina and northeastern South Carolina. The farms are 
rather large, and most of the farming is done by 'tenants, usually on a 
share basis and under the supervision of the owners. In the system 
most often practiced the tenant furnishes the labor and gets one-third 
of the crop; all else, including work stock, fertilizers, equipment, 
and a house for the tenant, is furnished by the landlord. 
Table XIII. — Tillage practices with cotton in Robeson County, N. C, showing depths 
of plowing, implements used in order of use, number of time each is used, and normal 
acre yields. 
[In columns 5 to 9 and 11 to 15 the figures show the order 
Ln which the implement 
was used on 
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farms; as, l=first working or cultivation, 2=second working or cultivation, etc.] 
Plowing. 
Tillage after plowing 
and before planting. 
Tillage after planting. 
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