FARM PRACTICE IN" THE CULTIVATION OF COTTON, 
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SURVEY IN ELLIS COUNTY, TEX. 
Ellis County is located in the northeastern part of Texas. The 
tillage records for this county (Table XXI) were taken near Waxa- 
hachie. This is one of the most prosperous farming counties in the 
State. The soils are exceptionally fertile and the seasons are usually 
favorable. 
Table XXI. — Tillage practices with cotton in Ellis County, Tex., showing depths of 
plowing, implements used in order of use, number of times each is used, and normal 
acre yields. 
[In columns 5, 6, 7, 9, and 10 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. 
Farm No. 
Depth 
(inches). 
Level. 
Into 
beds. 
Spike- 
tooth 
harrow . 
2-horse. 
All 
work- 
ings. 
2-horse 
4-shovel 
cultivator 
with . 
sweeps. 
All 
cul- 
tiva- 
tions. 
Yield 
(pounds). 
4-shovel 
cultivator 
with 
sweeps. 
1-row 
lister 
planter. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
1 
4 
4i 
3' 
4 
4 
3 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
•6 
4 
4 
4 
5 
4 
3 
3| 
2," 
3 
6 
3 
3 
1 
1 
3 
1 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
1 
2 
2 
3 
2 
61 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
• 1 
3 
1 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
1 
2 
2 
3 
2 
1 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
1 too 
lto6 
lto4 
lto4 
lto4 
lto4 
lto5 
lto6 
lto4 
lto5 
lto7 
lto5 
lto4 
lto4 
lto4 
lto5 
lto5 
lto4 
lto6 
( c ) 
lto5 
lto4 
lto5 
lto6 
lto6 
5 
6 
4 
4 
4 
4 
5 
6 
4 
5 
7 
5 
4 
4 
4 
5 
5 
4 
6 
4 
5 
4 
5 
6 
6 
750 
2 
/• 
i" 
2 
1 
750 
3 
750 
4 
1 
750 
5.. 
750 
6 
750 
7 . .. 
700 
8 
500 
9 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
600 
10... 
750 
11 
600 
12 
700 
13 
500 
14.. 
600 
15 
750 
16 
1 
1 
1 
1 
650 
17 
750 
18 
a2 
750 
19... 
750 
20 , 
750 
21.. 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
750 
22 
500 
23 
800 
24.. 
500 
25 
700 
Farms using, 
4 
96 
68 
4 
100 
...„ 
100 
Average 
4 
5 
684 
a One-horse sweep. 
b Three-horse 2-row lister planter. 
c Cultivations 1 to 4, with 4-horse 2-row cultivator. 
Many rural improvements have been made, and the country is very 
attractive. Most of the roads have been macadamized and are kept 
hi excellent condition. Good schools and churches are maintained. 
The farmers have exceptionally good houses and good barns and 
outbuildings. 
The rural population is mostly native white Americans. In the 
eastern part of the county many Germans and Bohemians have set- 
tled. Many negroes are found around the towns. Most of the farms 
