STANDARDS OF LABOR. 



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and sugar cane is less than 50, yet these figures are considered reliable, 

 because the general practice followed in producing these crops is 

 uniform. The number of records on broadcast cowpeas or peanuts 

 after oats is not sufficient for a very reliable average, though they 

 are believed to give a pretty fair indication of the labor requirements 

 of these crops. 



Table I. — Smnnuiri/ of total, average rcquiremctUs per acre for various crops. 



Crop. 



Cotton 



Corn 



Peanuts (first crop) 

 Peanuts (after oatS) 



Sweet potatoas 



Sugar cane 



Hours per acre. 









Num- 







ber of 







Man. 



Mule. 



reports. 



100.3 



41.5 



191 



37.0 



34.4 



19S 



m.s. 



4.5.6 



36 



43.9 



36.4 



14 



136.9 



Xi.9 



.53 



417. N 



19.5. 



2.5 



Hours per acre. 



Crop. 



Man. Mule. 



Cowpeas (cultivated) 32. 9 



Cowpeas (uncultivated) . . ] 16. 6 



Oats (for grain) i 21. 7 



Oats (for hay) I 16.7 



Jleadow hay (native). . . .: 17. 1 



25.6 

 23.7 

 24.1 



20.8 

 19.4 



Num- 

 ber of 

 reports. 



Table II summarizes data for the operations performed on the 

 various crops. The figures are taken from the various tables 

 throughout the bulletin and represent in each case the implement, 

 size, and crew in most common use. 



Table II. — Sumnianj of operations, implements, crews, and acreages reported most 

 frequently by hill fanners of Louisiana (6'77 reports). 



Operation. 



Cutting stalks 



Do 



Flat breaking 



Do 



Laying off rows 



Breaking middles. . . 



Do 



Bedding 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Rebcdding 



Do.... 



Broadcast harrowing 



Do 



Do 



Do. 

 Harrowing beds 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Planting cotton 



Scraping cotton 



Chopping cotton 



Hoeing cotton 



Cultivating cotton 



Do 



Cultivating cotton middles 

 Planting corn 



Do 



Covering corn 



Barring off corn 



Cult ivating corn 



Do 



Implement or 

 method. 



By hand 



Stalk cutter 



Walking plow 



do 



Shovel cultivator 



Middle buster 



Shovel cultivator. 



.Middle buster 



Turn plow 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Disk 



do 



Spike tooth 



Log 



Spike tooth 



do 



Log 



do 



A harrow 



Shovel cultivator 



Planter 



Scrape , 



By hand 



... .do 



Cultivator 



do 



do 



By hand i 4-foot row 



Planter ' 1 row 



By hand 1 4-foot row 



Turn plow do. . . 



Cultivator do. . . 



do ' do... 



Size. 



1 row 



10 inches. .. 

 12 inches. .. 

 4- foot row.. 



....do 



3- foot row.. 

 3A-foot row . 



.:..do 



4- foot row.. 

 34-foot row. 

 4-foot row . . 



....do 



....do 



6 to 8 feet.. 



....do 



s feet 



7ifeet 



4fcet 



....do 



6 feet 



Gifeet 



3i-foot row . 



do 



I row 



3*-foot row . 



.:..do 



....do 



....do 



...do 



do 



Fur- 

 rows. 



Mules. 



.\cres 

 per day. 



3.65 



7.75 



1.65 



2.11 



7.46 



7.74 



7.18 



6.69 



3.52 



3. 96 



1.64 



1.18 



3.88 



1.88 



.5. 43 



11.64 



12.00 



12. .50 



7.87 



8. U 



13.07 



13.49 



6.98 



7.06 



6. 8.5 



.3.34 



.97 



1.38 



6. 75 

 3. 48 

 6.97 



7. 4.5 

 7.42 

 8.00 

 3.77 

 7. S'» 

 7.17 



