38 BULLETIN 511, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
cultivation the cotton is gone over with a hoe a second time, to chop 
out any weeds and extra stalks of cotton. 
Only a very few farmers use commercial fertilizer, and these only 
in an experimental way. What stable manure is used is applied 
broadcast on the least productive spots in a field. No cover crops 
are grown, but organic matter is supplied by hay and pasture crops. 
The principal varieties of cotton grown are King's Improved , 
Cook's Improved, and mixed varieties. 
The most prevalent and troublesome weeds in this county are crab- 
grass, careless weed, nut-grass, cocklebur, smartweed, morning-glory, 
and Johnson grass. 
SURVEY IN BULLOCH COUNTY, GA. 
Bulloch County is located in the eastern part of Georgia in the 
Coastal Plain area. The tillage records for this county (Table XIX) 
were taken nearStatesboro. The soil here is a sandy loam with a 
clay subsoil. The land is level 
or gently rolling, and little arti- 
ficial drainage is required. The 
bottoms are drained by means of 
open ditches. None of the land 
is tiled. Many of the roads have 
been macadamized or improved 
Fig. 19.-Al-horse turning plow used in many areas with Sand and clay and are in 
when preparing land for cotton; also used in many p;ood Condition. The averao"e- 
sections for cultivating cotton. -in t i • 
sized I arm studied is 1/8 acres, 
with only 85 acres cultivated. Most of the farms are supervised by 
the owners and worked with hired or tenant labor. 
No definite rotations are practiced. The principal crops grown are 
cotton, corn, watermelons, oats, and peanuts. Many farmers grow 
watermelons for market. Sweet potatoes, sorghum cane, and truck 
crops are grown for home use. Cowpeas and peanuts are often grown 
between the corn rows and harvested by hogs. Cowpeas are some- 
times sown on oat stubble and the vines cut for hay. Many of the 
oats are cut for hay while the grain is in the dough stage. Enough 
cattle are kept for home use, and some hogs are raised for market. 
The principal source of farm income is from cotton and watermelons. 
In preparing a seed bed for cotton the plowing is done in the early 
spring after the old cotton or corn stalks have been cut up with a stalk 
cutter during the winter months. 
The land is broken level with a 1 -horse or 2-horse plow. The soil 
is very deep, and the average depth of breaking is 6 to 8 inches. 
After plowing, a spike-tooth or disk harrow is sometimes used, but 
this is not often necessary. A broad furrow is then plowed out for 
the row. This is often done with a 1-horse turning plow (fig. 19), 
using two furrows and throwing the soil to each side, and then often 
