STANDAEDS. OF LABOR. 



Laying off rows (figure 3) is an operation requiring one trip to the 

 row, usually with a one-mule implement. (See Table IX.) 



Table IX. — Lay-off rnira with shmtl cultivator — one man and one mule. 



Width 

 of row. 



Number 

 of reports. 



Average 

 acreage 

 per (lay. 



Acreage reported 

 most frequently. 



2ifeet 



3feet...... 



3|fect 



4feet 



4* feet 



12 

 27 

 83 

 96 

 12 



4.91 

 5.95 

 6.67 

 7.46 

 7. 75 



5 (8 reports). 



6 (22 reports). 



7 (46 reports). 



8 (57 reports], 

 K (6 report). 



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 Imckgroundis planting in the rows already made. 



Harrowing or dragging bods is an operation performed on praclicnlly 

 every farm, because cotton and sweet potatoes aie always j>lanted 

 on beds, and, frequently, both corn and peanuts. After the beds 

 are formed it is a common practice to harrow or drag them to improve 

 the seed bed. Sometimes a harrow or drag is wide enough lo drag 

 two beds at a time. A few perform this operation for sweet potatoes 

 with a hand rake. However, there are not a sudicient number of 

 estimates to give a reliable average for this method. (See Table X.) 

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