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BULLETIN 511, U, S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
rows with a shovel plow, apply the fertilizer, and with a turning plow 
make a bed on the fertilizer. 
Table XXV. — Tillage practices with cotton in Lincoln Parish, La., 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 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 
(all 1-horse imple- 
ments). 
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2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
1 
6 
3 
3 
5 
3 
6 
6 
4 
3 
4 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
3 
5 
6 
3 
5 
5 
4 
4 
5 
3 
1 
.... 
.... 
.... 
.... 
i 
.... 
.... 
1 
3 
2 
1 
3 
1 
2 
2 
2 
2 
3 
4 
4 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
.... 
1 
1 
.... 
1 
2 
1 
1 
.... 
..... 
1 
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...... 
2,3.4 
2 to 5 
2,3,4 
2 to 5 
2 to 5 
2 to 5 
2 to 6 
2 to 6 
2,3,4 
2,3,4 
2,3,4 
2 to 6 
2 to 5 
3 to 6 
2 to 5 
2 to 5 
3 to 6 
2 to 5 
2,3,4 
2,3,4 
2 to 7 
lto4 
2 to 5 
2 to 5 
2 to 5 
4 
5 
4 
5 
5 
5 
6 
6 
4 
4 
4 
6 
5 
6 
5 
5 
6 
5 
4 
4 
7 
4 
5 
5 
5 
750 
2 
750 
3 
1 2 
4 
750 
4 .- 
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1 
3 
2 
2 
2 
3 
2 
3 
2 
4 
3 
2 
1 
3 
2 
1 
3 
2 
1 
3 
4 
2 
800 
5 
.... 
1 
1 
a'l 
.... 
1 
1 
1 
1 
2 
2 
2 
1 
2 
1 
1 
1 
2 
1. 
500 
6 
300 
7 
500 
8 
750 
9 
500 
10./ 
500 
11 
3 
2 
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2 
2 
"4' 
3 
500 
12 
750 
13 
400 
14 
750 
15 
600 
16 
400 
17 
3 
2 
1 
2 
2 
1 
2 
3 
2 
"3' 
"4" 
600 
18 
700 
19 
500 
20 
1 
1 
900 
21 
900 
22 
750 
23 
3 
1 
1 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1,000 
500 
24 
25 
750 
Farms using, per cent 
28 
72 
36 
84 
92 
28 
"'21' 
80 
20 
100 
Average 
44 
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a Lister. 
Spike-tooth harrow. 
Cotton is always planted on a bed with a 1-horse planter. The 
rows average 4 feet apart, and 1 bushel of seed is planted per acre. 
After thinning, the stalks are left from 12 to 15 inches apart in the 
drill. 
For cultivating after planting, 1-horse implements are used. The 
first cultivation is given with a 1-horse turning plow and two furrows 
are given each row, plowing the earth away from the cotton on each 
side of the row and leaving the plants on a small ridge. This is known 
as barring off. After this cultivation the cotton is chopped to a stand. 
For the following cultivation a 1-horse sweep or scrape is used. At 
first, 12-inch or 14-inch scrapes are used and three furrows are given 
each row, plowing the soil back to the cotton. For later cultivations 
