FARM PEACTIGE IN THE CULTIVATION OF COTTON. 
49 
SURVEY IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, FLA. 
Jefferson County is located in the northern part of Florida. The 
tillage records for this county (Table XXIV) were taken near Monti- 
cello. This is in the Coastal Plain region, and the predominating 
soil is sand or a sandy loam; the subsoil is clay. The country is level 
or gently rolling and little drainage is required. 
Table XXIV.— Tillage practices with cotton in Jefferson County, Fla., showing depths 
of plowing, implements used in order of use, number of times each is used, and normal 
acre yields. 
[In columns 5 to 8 and 10 to 14 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 (all 1-horse 
implements). 
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2 
3 
2 
2 
3 
2 
2 
3 
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2 
3 
2 
3 
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1 
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2 to 5 
2 to 5 
2 to 5 
2,3 
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2 to 5 
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2 to 5 
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5 500 
2 
1 
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3 
2 
5 600 
4 ,... 
3 1,200 
5 
2 
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2 
2 
1 
2 
1 
1 
2 
4 500 
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5 
6 
5 
5 
5 
4 
5 
5 
3 
5 
5 
4 
5 
6 
6 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
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7 
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450 
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600 
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750 
12 
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13 
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2 to 6 
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2 to 5 
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1 
450 
17 
900 
18 
600 
19 
1 
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20 
750 
21 
1 
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22 
500 
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4 
2 
2 
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2 
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Farms using, per cent . 
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52 
48 
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88 
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12 
4 
5 
665 
. 
a Two-horse cultivator. 
b Shovel plow. 
First cultivation with turning plow; fifth cultivation with shovel plow. 
Some rural improvements have been made. Most of the leading 
roads have been improved with sand and clay, but where this has 
not been done traveling is difficult on account of the deep sand. 
Fairly good schools are maintained, many farmers have telephones, 
and the farmhouses are neat and comfortable. 
