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BULLETIN 511, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
SURVEY IN GILES COUNTY, TENN. 
Giles County is located in the south-central part of Tennessee. The 
topography of this county is very irregular. Parts of it are extremely 
rolling and rough, while the "bottoms and lowlands consist of gentle 
slopes and low, rolling hills. The soil of the upland is a clay loam 
with a clay subsoil, but the bottom land is a silty loam. The latter 
lands are drained by open ditches and are exceptionally fertile. 
The tillage records for this county are shown in Table XVIII. 
Table XVIII. — Tillage practices with cotton in Giles County, Tenn., showing depths 
of plovjing, implements used in order of their use, number of times each is used, and 
normal acre yields. 
[In columns 4 to 11 and 13 to 18 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.] 
Plow- 
ing. 
Tillage after plowing and before 
planting. 
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1 
5 
5 
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5 
7 
5 
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8 
5 
7 
4 
5 
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7 
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4 
4 
4 
6 
6 
5 
5 
6 
4 
2 
3 
1 
2 
3 
3 
4 
4 
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4 
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4 
2 
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3 
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4 
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5 
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5 
6 
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1,000 
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3 
2 
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2 
4 
6 
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1,200 
700 
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2 
3 
2 
2 
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1 
3 
2 
2 
4 
3 
6 
3 to 6 
3,4 
3,4,5 
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11 
600 
12 
5,6 
6 
6 
800 
13 
2 to 5 
4/5 
5,6,7 
800 
14 
3 
3,4 
2 to 5 
3 
2,3,4 
2 
3,4 
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4,5,6 
3 
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2 
800 
16 
800 
17 
2 
4,5 
1,000 
1,000 
800 
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19 
1 
2 
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6 
20 
2 
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22 
2 
700 
23 
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3 
800 
24 
4,5,6 
1,200 
800 
25 
2 
3 
3. / 4 
5 
Farms using, 
per cent . . 
Average 
100 
44 
80 
40 
12 
20 
80 
16 
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100 
76 
24 
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860 
a One-horse 2-shovel plow. 
d Spring-tooth harrow. 
b Spike-tooth harrow. 
e Lister. 
c Roller. 
/ With sweeps. 
The county is fairly well improved. Many of the roads have been 
macadamized, and good country schools are maintained. The aver- 
