STANDARDS OF LABOR. 



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PEANUTS. 



Planters are not in common use for planting peanuts, chiefly because 

 of the necessity of shelling the peanuts before they can be planted 

 with a planter. As with corn planted by hand, the peanuts must bo 

 covered. This extra amount of labor no doubt makes it more profit- 

 able to use a planter for tliis operation, even though the labor of 

 shelling is involved. When the peanuts were planted in 3-foot rows 

 it was found that it would require the labor of one man and a mule, 

 with a shovel cultivator or turn plow turning one furrow, to cover an 

 average of 5.9 acres per day. (See Table XXVIII.) 



Table XX\'III. — Planting peanuts hij liand after oats and as a first crop — one man. 



Width of 

 row. 



Number 



of 

 reports. 



Average 

 acreage 

 per day. 



Acreage reported 

 most frequently. 



2.1 feet 



3'feet 



11 

 19 



3.05 

 3.81 



Scatterms. 

 Do. 



The cultivating operations for peanuts are barring off, harrowing 

 the rows, cultivating, and cultivating middles. Not enough reports 

 were obtained to give reliable averages for any operation except 

 cultivating. (See Table XXIX.) 



Table XXIX. — Cultivating peanuts after oats and as a first crop — one man, one mule. 



and tvo furrovs. 



Width of 

 row. 



Number 



of 

 report s. 



Average 

 acreage 

 per day. 



Acreage reported 

 most frequently. 



2ifeet 



3feet 



3ifeet 



12 



IS 

 10 



2. 4.3 



2..s,S 

 3.30 



2.'. (."> reports). 

 3 (14 reports). 

 Scatterin?. 



According to all estimates obtained on hoeing peanuts, one man 

 will hoe 1.2 acres with rows 3 feet apart. This crop is hoed only once. 



There are several methods of harvesting peanuts. The most com- 

 mon practice is to pull the vines by hand, then shock them. Some 

 plow them up or loosen them with a plow, after which they are shocked. 

 After the shocks have cured for from 3 to 6 weeks, the crop is hauled 

 to the barn or thrasher. Some feed the entire plant, including the 

 nuts. Where peanuts are thrashed, it is quite common to bale the 

 vines or hay after they have passed through the thrasher. Some, 

 instead of harvesting the entire crop, cut the tops off with a mowing 

 machine and rake the hay, thus saving a hay crop only. When this 

 is done, the common practice is to turn hogs into the field for the 

 purpose of harvesting the peanuts. (See Table XXX.) 



