FARM PRACTICE IN" THE CULTIVATION OF COTTON. 
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larger sweeps are employed and only two furrows are given each row. 
At the third or fourth cultivation the cotton is gone over with a hoe 
again to take out any extra cotton stalks or weeds. In all, five or 
six cultivations are given. 
The principal varieties of cotton grown are Triumph, Simpkins' 
Prolific, Bank Account, and King's Improved. 
The most prevalent and troublesome weeds are crab-grass, Ber- 
muda grass, cocklebur, pigweed, careless weed, and ragweed. 
SURVEY IN LAVACA COUNTY, TEX. 
Lavaca County is located in the southeastern part of Texas. The 
tillage records for this county (Table XXVI) were taken near Halle tts- 
ville. The soils consist of Houston black clay, some black sand, and 
large areas of sandy loam, all underlain with a clay subsoil. The 
land is level or slightly rolling, and little drainage is required. 
Table XXVI. — Tillage practices with cotton in Lavaca County, Tex., showing depths 
of plowing, implements used in order of use, number of times each is used, and normal 
acre yields. 
[In columns 4, 5, and 7 to 9 the figures show the order in which the implement was used on the several 
farms; as, 1= first working or cultivation, 2=second working or cultivation, etc.] 
Tillage after planting. 
Farm No. 
Plowing. 
and before planting. 
2-horse cultivator 
with sweeps. 
1-horse 
sweep. 
All 
culti- 
vations. 
Yield 
(pounds). 
Depth 
(inches). 
Inlo 
beds. 
Spike- 
tooth 
harrow. 
2-horse 
1-row 
lister 
planter. 
All 
work- 
ings. 
4- 
shovel. 
2-shovel. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
1 
4| 1 
1 2 
2 
2 
2 
1 
2 
1 
2 
1 
2 
1 
2,3,4 
lto5 
1 too 
lto4 
lto4 
lto4 
1 to 5 
lto4 
lto4 
1 to 4 
lto4 
1,2,3 
1,2,3 
1 to 4 
2,3,4 
lto4 
lto4 
lto5 
lto5 
lto4 
lto5 
( b ) 
lto4 
1 to 6 
lto5 
1 
4 
5 
5 
4 
4 
5 
5 
4 
4 
4 
5 
3 
3 
6 
4 
4 
4 
5 
5 
4 
5 . 
4 
4 
6 
5 
1,000 
2 . .. 
4 
3 
6 
45 
6 
4 
6 
6 
5 
\ \ 
2 
2 
1 
2 
a 1 
2 
2 
1 
750 
3 . 
500 
4 . 
500 
5 
600 
6 
5 
500 
7 . 
750 
8. - 
800 
9 
700 
10 
750 
11 
12 
4 
4 
2 2 
2 2 
2 j 2 
2 2 
2 2 
2 ' 2 
2 2 
2 2 
2 2 
5 
600 
750 
13 
3 
7 
5 
4 
500 
14 
15 
16 
5 
1 
6 
700 
400 
500 
17 
500 
18 
5 
5 
8 
4 
5 
4 
750 
19 
700 
20 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
750 
21 
550 
22 
750 
23 
500 
24 
750 
25 5 
500 
Tarms using, per 
100 1 88 
96 1 
100 
16 
8 
2 
4* 
642 
a One-horse sweep. 
& Six-shovel cultivator with sweeps for cultivations 1 to 4, 
