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BULLETIN 511, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
SURVEY IN TIFT COUNTY, GA. 
Tift County is located in the south-central part of Georgia. The 
soil is sand or sandy loam and the subsoil clay. The land is gently 
rolling, so that little drainage is required except in the bottoms, 
where open ditches surround the fields. Most of the roads have been 
improved with sand and clay and are in fair condition except in dry 
weather, when the sand becomes deep. The farms are of medium 
size, averaging 160 acres, with only 93 acres cultivated. Most of the 
farms are operated by the owners with hired labor. The larger farms 
are worked by tenants under the supervision of the owners. The 
tillage records for Tift County are shown in Table XVII. 
Table XVII. — Tillage practices with cotton in Tift County, Ga., showing depths of 
plowing, implements used in order of use, number of times each is used, and normal 
[In columns 4 to 10 and 12 to 15 the figi 
farms; as, l=first working 
Lres show the order 
or cultivation, 2= 
in which the im 
second working 
plement was used on 
or cultivation, etc.] 
the several 
Plow- 
ing. 
Tillage after plowing and before 
planting. 
Tillage after planting. 
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03 
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03 
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1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
16 
17 
1 
6 
6 
8 
8 
5 
7 
7 
9 
8 
7 
8 
8 
7 
8 
1 
03 
2 
1 
4 
3 
2 
1 
2 
2 
2 
2 
4 
3 
3 
4 
2 
2 
4 
2 
2 
2 
2 
3 
3 
2 
3 
2 
3 
2 
1,4 
...... 
1,3 
5 
5 
4 
8 
3 
3 
2 
3 
3 
4 
4 
4 
5 
3 
3 
5 
3 
2 
3 
3 
4 
3 
2 
4 
3 
4 
1,2 
1 
3 to 6 
2 to 5 
lto7 
3,4,5 
2,3,4 
ltd 4 
2,3,4 
2 to 5 
2 to 6 
2,3,5,6 
2 to 5 
2 to 5 
lto5 
2,3,4 
3,4,5 
3,4,5 
2,3,4 
3 to 6 
2 to 6 
5 to 8 
2 to 5 
4,5,6 
4,5 
3,5,6 
3 to 6 
"2" 
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4,6 
3,4 
3 
6 
5 
7 
5 
4 
4 
4 
5 
6 
6 
5 
5 
5 
4 
5 
5 
4 
6 
6 
8 
6 
6 
5 
6 
6 
1,400 
2 
1,000 
750 
3 
3 
"3' 
4 
1 
1 
2 
700 
5 
1,000 
6 . .. 
1 
700 
7 
1,3 
3 
1 
700 
8 . 
1 
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1 
2 
2 
700 
9 
1 
2 
1 
1 
1 
2 
1 
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1,2 
2 
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3,4 
1,6 
2,3 
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4 
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10 
4 
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11 
1,400 
750 
12 
3 
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5 
3 
13 
1 000 
14 
1 
3 
1 
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1,000 
15 
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8 1 
7 1 1 
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8 1 
1 
3 
2 
.... 
5 
800 
16 
800 
17 
18 
3 
3 
4 
750 
19 
1 
1 
1 000 
20 . 
.... 
2 
2 
1 
2 
800 
21 
700 
22 
6 
6 
7 
9 
700 
23 
1 
1 
4 
3 
700 
24 . 
800 
25 
1 
2,4 
1 000 
Farms using, 
100 
48 
20 
68 
ion 
36 
32 
20 
3.5' 
40 
76 
100 24 
Average. . 
7 
5.5 
881 
i 
a Lister. 
b Disk harrow. 
c "Weeder. 
Because of the large area of land not cultivated, the cultivated 
fields are fenced to keep out cattle and hogs, which are allowed to 
