6 BULLETIN 061, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



sidered under each crop heading. Wliere crew duty is shown for 

 such operations as bedding, harrowing, or dragging beds and laying 

 off rows, the width of the rows is given. At such work the mdth of 

 the row is the important thing to be considered in determining crew 

 duty. 



Stalks are usually cut on all land intended for cotton. Stalk 

 cutting may, therefore, include the cutting of both corn and cotton 

 stalks. The average width of all rows from which stalks are cut is 

 4 feet. (See Table III.) 



Fig. 1. — One man and one mule breaking sod land, followed by a 3-foot disk drawn by two mules. 

 Table III. — Cutting cotton and corn stalks. 



Method. 



Number 



of 

 reports. 



Average 

 acreage 

 per day. 



11 

 109 



3.65 



7.75 



Acreage reported 

 most frequently. 



By hand 



1-row stalk cutter (1 man and 2 mules). 



4 (5 reports). 

 8 (62 reports). 



Breaking follows stalk cutting on all land previously planted to 

 cotton or corn. Most of the reports show this operation as being 

 done by one man and two mules. Where plows of a size smaller than 

 8 inches are used, the work is done by one man and one mule, (see 

 fig.l.) No figures are given for this size of crew, owing to the small 

 number of reports. (See Table IV.) 



