FARM PRACTICE IN THE CULTIVATION OF COTTON. 
45 
SURVEY IN CHAMBERS COUNTY, ALA. 
Chambers County is located in the east-central part of Alabama. 
The tillage records for this county (Table XXII) were taken near 
Lafayette. The soil is principally a clay loam with a clay subsoil, 
but the bottoms and lowlands are sandy loam. This county is on 
the border line between the Piedmont and Coastal Plain areas and 
there is a combination of gently sloping plains and steep hills. The 
steeper lands are drained by numerous terraces and surface ditches. 
The organic content of the soil is very low, and this extensive drainage 
system is necessary to prevent erosion. 
The landowners of the county are very prosperous and have good 
country homes. The farms are large and are mostly worked by 
negro tenants and supervised by the owner or by a white tenant 
who rents the entire farm from the owner for a stated quantity of 
cotton or amount of money, and then subrents to negro tenants on 
a share basis. 
Table XXII. — Tillage practices with cotton in Chambers County, Ala., showing depth 
of plowing, implements used in order of use, number of times each is used, and normal 
acre yields. . 
[In columns 5 to 9 and 11 to 15 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 be- 
fore planting. 
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