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BULLETIN 511, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table XV. — Tillage practice with cotton in Barnwell County, S. C, showing depths of 
plowing, implements used in order of use, number of times each is used, and normal 
acre yields. 
[In columns 4 to 7 and 9 and 10 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 
(all 1-horse imple- 
ments). 
Farm 
No. 
Depth 
(inch- 
es). 
Level. 
Disk 
har- 
row. 
Rows 
run 
with 
1-horse 
1-shovel 
plow. 
Ferti- 
lizer 
distrib- 
utor. 
Bedded 
with 
turning 
plow. 
All 
work- 
ings. 
Sweep or 1-shovel 
scrape. : plow. 
All 
culti- 
vations. 
Yield 
(pounds). 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
5.5 
6 
8 
6 
6 
5 
5 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
8 
6 
6 
5 
8 
5 
8 
6 
6 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
i 
i" 
i 
i" 
ci 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
1 
2 
2 
2 
61 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
2 
2 
3 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
3 
3 
2 
2 
3 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
3 
3 
4 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
i 
3 
3 
4 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
3 
3 
4 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
4 
4 
3 
3 
4 
3 
4 
3 
3 
3 
3 
lto6 
lto6 
lto6 
1 to 6 
lto6 
lto7 
lto7 
lto6 
lto7 
1 to 6 
i" 
3 
3 
2 
2 
:::::::: 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
7 
6 
6 
6 
6 
5 
6 
6 
5 
6 
5 
800 
700 
1,400 
800 
1,000 
800 
700 
750 
7,000 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
16 
17 
18 
19 
20 
21 
lto6 
lto6 
lto7 
1 to 5 
lto7 
2 to 7 
1 to 6 
lto6 
lto7 
lto5 
lto7 
lto6 
lto7 
lto7 
lto5 
2 
3 
1,000 
900 
1,000 
750 
1,000 
1,000 
1,000 
750 
750 
900 
1,500 
22 
23 
24 
25 
2 to 5 
r 
800 
1,300 
1,100 
800 
Farms 
using, 
per 
cent . . 
100 
40 
100 
100 
100 
3.5 
100 
44 
Aver- 
age. 
6 
6.5 
925 
a Weeder. 
6 Lister. 
Spike-tooth harrow. 
The principal crops grown are cotton, corn, and oats. No definite 
rotations are practiced, but frequently cotton is grown on the land 
two years and followed by corn one year. Cowpeas or peanuts are 
often planted between the corn rows at the last cultivation and 
harvested by hogs. Hardly enough corn is produced to feed the 
farm animals. When oats are sown they usually follow corn and are 
cut for hay or are fed without thrashing. Cowpeas are usually sown 
on the oat stubble and the vines cut for hay. Some watermelons 
and cantaloupes are grown for market, but very little fruit is grown. 
Few cattle are kept, and only enough hogs are raised to supply home 
demands. Almost the only source of farm income is cotton. 
In preparing the land for cotton the old cotton or corn stalks are 
cut up during the winter with a stalk cutter or broken down by hand 
