STANDARDS OF LABOR. 



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vating. Man labor varies with the yield because picking is the slow- 

 est operation of all. 



Table XVII. — Labor requirements per acre of cotton, hy operations. 



Operations. 



Cut stalks 



Break 



Broadcast harrow . . . 



Lay off rows 



Bed 



Rebed 



Break middles 



Fertilize 



Harrow or drag beds 

 Plant 



Average hours 

 per acre. 



Man. Mule. 



1.7 

 6.3 

 1.8 

 1.5 

 4.4 

 4.1 

 1.5 

 1.6 

 1.3 

 1.4 



2.4 

 12.1 

 5.2 

 1.6 

 5.3 

 4.7 

 2.1 

 1.4 

 1.6 

 1.4 



Num- 

 ber 

 of re- 

 ports. 



54 

 46 

 24 

 88 

 185 

 97 

 65 

 135 

 164 

 191 



Operations. 



Scrape 



Chop and hoe (average 2 

 times) 



Cultivate (average 4 

 times) 



Cultivate middles (aver- 

 age 2 times) 



Pick 



Haul to gin and market . 



Market 



Average hours 

 per acre. 



Man. 



Mule. 



2.9 



3.0 



20.0 





1.3. 8 



14.6 



3.6 



46.7 



2.7 



1.9 



3.7 



""h'.A 

 3.9 



Num- 

 ber 

 of re- 

 ports. 



104 

 191 

 191 



138 

 191 

 182 

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Corn planting as a whole is more rapid than cotton planting, 

 partly because the rows are wider, and partly because less time is 

 lost in refilling the planter. Planting by hand is considerably slower 

 than planting with a planter, as there is the extra work of covering 

 the seed, which requires in itself as much time as planting with a 

 planter. (See Table XVIII.) 



Table XVIII. — Planting com. 



Method. 



By hand 



^ Do 



Do 



One-row planter 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Width of 

 row. 



31 feet 

 4 feet., 

 4i feet 

 3i feet 

 4'feet. 

 4.V feet 

 5'feet., 

 6 feet.. 



Crew. 



Men. Mule.s. 



1 



1 



1 



1 1 



1 1 



1 1 



1 1 



1 1 



Num- 



Average 



ber of 



acreage 



records. 



per day. 



t 



21 



6.85 



48 



7.45 



11 



7.72 



12 



6. 75 



57 



7.42 



14 



S.07 



12 



9.66 



11 



10. 27 



Acreage reported 

 most frequently. 



7 (13 reports). 

 S (28 reports). 



8 (5 reports). 



7 (6 reports). 



8 (38 reports). 

 8 (9 reports). 

 10 (6 reports). 

 12 (5 refiorts). 



T.\nLE XIX. ^ — Covering corn after planting with shovel ailtivator or tumplow — one 

 man, one mule, and one furrow. 



Width of 

 row. 



Number 



of 

 reports. 



Average 

 acreage 

 per day. 



Acreage report od 

 most frequently. 



BJfeet 



4feet 



4Jfeet 



20 

 46 

 10 



7.10 



S.OO 



s. 22 



1 



7 (12 reports). 



S (_>9 reports). | 



8 (6 reports). j 



Crew duty at the various operations in cultivating corn is shown 

 in Tables XX to XXIII. The duty per day with cultivators at 

 first cultivation and subsequent cultivations is practically the same. 



