FARM PEACT1CE IN THE CULTIVATION OF COTTON. 
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an 8-inch shovel plow is run in the bottom of this furrow. Sometimes 
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land rebedded on the fertilizer with a 1 -horse cultivator equipped 
with turning shovels. Cotton is planted on this bed with a 1 -horse 
planter. The average width of row is 4 feet, and 3 pecks of seed are 
planted per acre. After thinning, the stalks are left from 15 to 20 
inches apart in the drill. 
Table XIX. — Tillage practices with cotton in Bulloch County, Ga., showing depths of 
plowing, implements used in order of use, number of times each is used, and normal 
acre 
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