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Table XXX. — Harvesting peanuts. 



Operation. 



Number 



Average 



of 



acreage 



reports. 



per day. 



18 



1.08 



10 



1.44 



18 



1.62 



13 



1.63 



15 



5.03 



10 



6.33 



Acreage reported 

 most frequently. 



Pulling up peanuts 



(1 man) 



Shocking (1 man) 



Stacking (1 man) 



Hauling to bam: 



2 men and 2 mules. 



3 men and 2 mules . 



1 (9 reports). 

 1 (5 reports). 



Do. 



Do. 



4 (5 reports). 

 Scattering. 



LABOR REQUIREMENTS OF PEANUTS. 



The labor required at each operation on peanuts grown either as 

 a first crop or as a second crop after oats is shown in Table XXXI. 

 Preparation of the land for this crop is similar to that for cotton or 

 corn. Harvesting operations require somewhat more work than 

 com harvest, but less than cotton harvest. When grown as a second 

 crop after oats, peanuts require less labor than when grown as a 

 first crop, because they are planted later and require fewer 

 cultivations. 



Table XXXI. — Labor requirements per acre of peanuts, by operations. 





Peanuts as first crop. 



Peanuts after oats. 



Operation. 



Hours per acre. 



Number 



of 

 reports. 



Hours per acre. 



Number 





Man. 



Mule. 



Man. 



Mule. 



of 

 reports. , 



Break 



6.4 

 2.2 



12.3 

 5.6 



15 

 21 



6.3 



12.7 









Do 



1.2 



1.8 



6 



Bed 



■ 4.8 

 3.9 

 2.0 

 1.9 

 3.2 

 1.6 

 9.5 

 2.4 



10.7 

 2.2 



10.7 

 9.9 

 6.3 

 8.4 

 6.0 

 2.6 



5. 5 

 4.8 

 1.5 

 1.9 

 1.9 

 1.6 

 9.9 

 2.4 



23 

 15 

 14 

 28 

 36 

 23 

 36 

 12 

 23 

 13 

 29 

 13 

 32 

 11 

 15 

 14 





Rebed . . . 



















1.8 

 2.8 

 3.0 

 6.3 



1.8 



12 



Plant . . - 



14 





3.2 



7.2 



12 



Cultivate (average two times) 



14 



Cultivate middles 





Hoe 









Plow up 



Pull up 



2.9 



2.1 



8.8 



3.9 



4 

 9 



Shock 









Haul 



Stack 



6.3 



5.2 



6.0 



13 



Thrash 



Alarket 



2.6 

 5.2 



5.0 

 3.6 



4.0 

 5.9 



4 

 4 



SWEET POTATOES. 



In planting sweet potatoes there are really three operations — 

 pulling the plants, dropping in rows, and setting out. (See Table 

 XXXII.) There were not a sufficient number of estimates on 

 pulling to give a reliable average.. 



