FARM PRACTICE IN THE CULTIVATION OF COTTON. 
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No cover crops are grown and very little stable manure is produced. 
Organic matter is supplied by weeds and crop residues, which are 
always plowed under. No commercial fertilizer is used. 
The principal varieties of cotton grown are Mebane and Rowden. 
The most prevalent and troublesome weeds are morning-glory, 
crab-grass, buffalo grass, Johnson grass, and cocklebur. 
SURVEY IN HOUSTON COUNTY, TEX. 
Houston County is located in the eastern part of Texas. The till- 
age records for this county (Table XXVII) were taken near Crockett, 
the county seat. 
Table XXVII. — Tillage practices with cotton in Houston County, Tex., showing depths 
of planting, implements used in order of use, number of times each is used, and normal/ 
acre yields. 
[In columns 5 to 8 and 10 to 15 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.] 
Plowing. 
Tillage after plowing 
and before planting. 
Tillage after planting. 
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Log drag. 
Acme harrow. 
The topography of this county is very irregular. Some parts are 
prairie lands and very level, while other parts are very rolling. The 
rolling lands are drained by surface ditches. No drainage is required 
