STANDARHS OF LABOIJ. 



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meadow hay as a money crop. Sweet potatoes are grown primarily 

 for home use, but when there is a surplus it usually is for sale. 



In the following pages each crop is considered separately. Under 

 each of the crops crew duty and labor requirements per acre are 

 given. Under crew duty, where a sufficient number of reports were 

 obtained to give reliable averages, a table is presented for each crop, 

 showing the labor requirement per acre for each separate operation 

 from the beginning of preparation of the land until the crop is 

 marketed. 



COTTON. 



Grew duty at preparation work having been sliowii, the first opera- 

 tion to be considered under each crop is planting. Cotton is nearly 

 always planted with a planter, although it is sometimes planted by 

 hand. However, all the records at hand for this operation are for 

 planter work. (See Table XII.) 



Table XII. — Planting cotton, vilh J -row planter — one man, one mule. 



Width of 

 row. 



Number 



of 

 reports. 



Average 

 acreage 

 per day. 



Acreage reported 

 most frequently. 



3feet 



Sifeet 



4feet 



12 

 96 



74 



5.95 

 6.83 



7.50 



6(11 reports). 



7 (46 reports). 

 f 7 (20 reports). 

 \ 8 (39 reports). 



In determining crew duty at cultivating operations, such work 

 has been divided into three or four classes for each crop. " Scraping "' 

 is one of these. This is an operation performed on cotton before 

 hoeing. This work is done with a one-mule implement which is run 

 at a slight depth and throws the weeds and grass away from the 

 row into the middles, thus cleaning the side of the bed or row and 

 reducing its width preparatory to thinning or hoeing the crop. 

 "Barring off" is an operation which applies more particularl}- to 

 corn and sugar cane, although cotton is sometimes barred off. This 

 is usually done wnth a one-mule turning plow, and the purpose is the 

 same as that in scraping— that is, to throw weeds and grass to the 

 middles and reduce the width of the bed to be hoed. This operation 

 is usually followed by hoeing. (See Table XIII.) 



Tablk XIII. — Scrapinc; rod >n — one 7nan, two mules, Jfitrrotcs. 



Width of 

 row. 



Number 



of 

 reports. 



1 



Average 

 acreage 

 per day. 



Acreage reported 

 most frequently. 



ajfeet 



4feet 



57 

 31 



3.34 

 3.62 



f3 (22 reports). 



\3i (22 reports). 



4 (14 reports). 



