. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. Fig plow for four or five horses, exten- sively used in the Central West for breaking land. 4-horse gang plow (fig. 33) or a sulky disk plow (fig. 34) and the land is gone over immediately with a spike-tooth harrow. Then before planting, it is harrowed with the disk and again with the spike-tooth harrow. Practically all the planting is done with a 2-horse 2-row planter, and the corn is planted level in checks 3^ feet apart each way, alter- nating the hills with two and three grains. After the corn is up, it is har- row
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. Fig plow for four or five horses, exten- sively used in the Central West for breaking land. 4-horse gang plow (fig. 33) or a sulky disk plow (fig. 34) and the land is gone over immediately with a spike-tooth harrow. Then before planting, it is harrowed with the disk and again with the spike-tooth harrow. Practically all the planting is done with a 2-horse 2-row planter, and the corn is planted level in checks 3^ feet apart each way, alter- nating the hills with two and three grains. After the corn is up, it is har- rowed once or twice with a spike-tooth harrow and then cultivated three or four times in alternate directions with a 2-horse 6-shovel cultivator. No cover crops are grown. The stable ma- nure is largely applied to wheat, and no commercial fertilizer is used for corn. Both the white and yel- low dent varieties of corn are grown. The most prevalent weeds are foxtail, bindweed, smartweed, and pigweed. SURVEYS IN ROCKWALL AND GRAYSON COUNTIES, TEX. The tillage records for Texas (Table XXI) were taken in Grayson County around Sherman and in Rockwall County near Fate. The soil in these regions is of the black clay-loam type and very fertile. The land is rolling and no tile drains are necessary. Only a few surface ditches are required. A few of the roads have been macadamized and others are be- ing improved. The farms have exceptionally good houses and outbuildings, and fair schools are maintained. A considerable por- tion of the land is worked by ten- ants, but usually under the snper- \ Lsion of the owner. The fields are large, and 4 or 5 horse teams are commonly used. A few farmers find the traction engine economical. The seasons are rather uncertain, and crop yields depend largely on the amounl of rainfall. No general rotation is practiced, but usually '"rii and cotton follow small grain. Frequently cotton is grown "II the same land two years in succession and then is follo
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