FARM PRACTICE IN THE CULTIVATION OP COTTON. 
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SURVEY IN MONROE COUNTY, MISS. 
Monroe County is located in the northeastern part of Mississippi. 
The tillage records for this county (Table XXVIII) were taken 
near Aberdeen, which is the county seat. 
Table XXVIII.— Tillage practices with cotton in Monroe County, Miss., showing depths 
of plowing, implements used in order of use, number of times each is used, and normal 
acre yields. 
[In columns 
5 to 10 and 12 to 17 the figures show the order in which the implement was used on the seA 
farms; as, l=first working or cultivation, 2= second working or cultivation, etc.] 
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& Turning plow. 
This county is very irregular in regard to soil and topography. 
Most of the upland is sandy loam, with a clay subsoil, but some of the 
soil is very sandy. The bottom lands, which comprise a large acreage, 
are mostly clay. A large part of the county is in the prairie region 
which has a black-clay soil with a clay subsoil. The prairie land. is 
gently rolling, and only surface ditches are required for drainage. In 
the bottoms a few ditches or canals have been cut. The sandy or 
