FARM PRACTICE Iff THE CULTIVATION OF COTTON. 
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and is grown on the most productive land. Only a few oats are 
grown, and these are often cut for hay while the grain is in the 
dough stage. Cowpeas are usually sown on the stubble land and the 
vines cut for hay. Cowpeas and peanuts are also planted between 
the corn rows and harvested by hogs or cattle. Some alfalfa is 
grown on the bottom lands. Watermelons and truck crops are 
grown for home use on nearly every farm. Little fruit is produced. 
Many farmers grow Bermuda grass for pasture. Enough cattle and 
hogs for home use are kept on every farm and a few are sold, but 
the principal source of farm income is cotton. 
Table XX. — Tillage practices with cotton in St. Francis County, Ark., showing depths 
of plowing, implements used in order of use, number of times each is used, and normal 
acre yields. 
[In columns 5, 6, and 8 to 12 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. 
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11 
12 
13 
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3 
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6 
4 
3 
4 
4 
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1 
1 
1,2 
1,4 
1 
1 
1,2 
2 
1,2 
2 
1,2 
2 
2 
1 
1 
2 
1 
2 
2 
1 
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1 
1 
2 
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i 
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1 
1 
3 
4 
1 
1 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
1 
1 
2 
1 
2 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
2 
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5 
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1,2,3 
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1,2,3 
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2,3,4 
2,3,6,7 
3,4 
1 to 5 
5 
5 
7 
4 
5 
4 
7 
4 
5 
5 
5 
6 
5 
6 
6 
5 
6 
5 
5 
6 
5 
5 
5 
6 
4 
600 
2. . 
5 
900 
3 
2,4,5,6 
900 
4. .. 
750 
5 
750 
6. .. 
650 
7 
750 
8.. . . 
750 
9 
750 
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1 
1,6 
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1,2,5 
2 
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750 
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2 to 5 
2 
2.4 
600 
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6 
4 
4 
3 
6 
6 
3 
3 
5 
3 
3 
4 
6 
4 
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3 
750 
13 
14. .. 
3,6 
750 
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1,3,6 
1 too 
2,6 
2,4 
2,3 
4,5,6 
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4,5 
2,3,5 
2,6 
3,4 
700 
16... 
700 
17 
1 
1,3,5 
1 
1,2 
3,4,5 
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3 
1,200 
18... 
750 
19 
5 
750 
20 
900 
21. 
750 
22 
1 
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1 
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2,3 
700 
23 
800 
24 
750 
25 
750 
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96 
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76 
56 
96 
8 
12 
5 
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a Spike-tooth harrow. 
b Plank drag. 
c Shovel plow. 
d Turning plow. 
e Cultivations 1, 2, and 3, with turning plow. 
