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BULLETIN 511, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
hay. Watermelons are grown extensively in this county and shipped 
to northern markets. Enough truck and fruit is produced to supply 
local markets. Some cattle and hogs are sold, but the principal 
source of income is cotton. 
Table XIV. — Tillage practices with cotton in Mecklenburg County, N. C, showing depths 
of plowing, implements used in order of use, number of times each is used, and normal 
acre yields. 
[In columns 5 to 8 and 10 to 16 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.] 
Plowing. 
Tillage after plowing 
and before planting. 
Tillage after planting. 
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5 
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2 
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4 to 7 
5 
5 
6 
6 
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7 
4 
6 
5 
6 
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750 
2 
1 
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1,3 
1 
1 
1,4 
1 
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3 
4 
4 
3 
4 
4 
4 
3 
3 
5 
3 
4 
4 
4 
3 
3 
3 
4 
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4 
2 
4 
3 
3 
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4 
750 
3. 
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4,5 
1,000 
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3,5,6 
3 to 6 
3,4,7 
800 
1,200 
900 
6 
3 
3 
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2 
4 
2 
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4 
2 
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5 
3 
2 
4 
4 
1 
3 
3 
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1,400 
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4,5 
4,5,6 
3,4 
2 
1,2,3 
750 
9 
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1 
2,3 
2 
5 
3,4,5 
2, 3, 4 
6,7 
2,3,4 
5,6 
4,5 
1,000 
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600 
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1 
1,000 
12 
1 
3,4,5 
1 
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2,3 
1,200 
13 
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14 
2 
2 
2 
1 
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2 
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2 
1 
2 
1 
1 
3 
3 
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2 
3 
1,000 
15 
1 
1 
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3,4 
750 
16 
1,000 
17 
3 to 6 
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850 
18... 
1 
1 
3 
1 
2 
1 
3 to 6 
5,6 
2 

750 
19 
.... 
.... 
1 
2,3 
1 
.... 
1 
.... 
2 
2,3,4 
2 
2 
2,4,8 
2 
4 
6 1,100 
20 
6 750 
21 
4 
64 
3 to 6 
6 1.000 
22 
3,4 
3,5,6,7 
3 to 6 
5,6,7 
4 
8 
6 
7 
750 
23 
3 
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2 
1,4 
3 
3 
1,400 
24 
750 
25 
1 
1.500 
Farms 
using, 
per cent . 
Average... 
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80 
20 
64 
100 
76 
84 
3." 5' 
36 
48 
76 
72 
40 
12 
8 
5.5 958 
a Lister. 
b Log drag. 
In preparing a seed bed for cotton on land that was in cotton or 
corn the previous year, the old stalks are cut up with a stalk cutter 
or disk harrow before plowing the land in the spring. Where cotton 
follows sod or stubble, the land is usually broken level in the fall 
about 6 inches deep with a 2-horse turning plow. After plowing, the 
land is harrowed with a disk harrow. In the spring the rows are laid 
off with a 1 -horse shovel plow and the fertilizer applied with a dis- 
tributor in the furrow. A bed is made on this fertilizer with a 1 -horse 
