STANDARDS OF LABOR. 



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Table XXIV. — Thinning and hoeing corn— one man. 





Width of row. 



Num- .Vverage 



ber of acreage 



reports, per day. 



Acreage reported 

 most frequently. 



Thinning 



3ileet 



13 1. SO 

 44 2.39 



10 2. 50 



13 1.57 



43 1 2.08 



14 i 2.44 



2 (8 reports). 



Do 



4feet 



/2( 13 reports). 



\3( 10 reports). 



Scatleruig. 



Do 



4ifeet 





SJfeet 



1 (6 reports). 



Do 



4 feet 



(1(10 reports). 

 ^2 (11 reports). 



Do 



4Jfeet 



l3( 10 reports). 

 Scattering. 









About half of the farmers of this area sow cowpeas broadcast in 

 com at ''laying-by" time or phmt them in rows either dm'ing the 



Fig. 6.— Cowpeas planted in rows gn)\ving in corn. By planting pua-sin tliis way the land is enriched 

 and e.xtra feed obtained for stock. 



cultivating period or at laying-l)y time. (vSee fig. 6.) Row planting 

 may be done by hand or witli a planter. Some plant peas in rows 

 and others sow them broadcast. (See Table XXV.) 



Table XXV. — Planting peas in com. 



Methml. 



By hand in rows... 



Do 



Do 



By hand broadcast. 

 f-row planter 



Width of 

 row. 



3i feet. 

 4 feet.. 

 4 J feet. 

 4 feet.. 

 ..do... 



Crew. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 reports. 



Average 

 acreage 

 per day. 



Men. 



Mules. 



1 



i' 



15 

 44 

 10 

 15 

 10 



6.23 

 7.18 

 6.80 

 15.53 

 7.55 



Acreage reported 

 most frequeutly. 



7 (5 reports). 



8 (2.5 reports). 

 8 (5 reports). 

 15 (7 reports). 

 Scatternig. 



