STAIJDARDS OF LABOR. 

 Table XXXVIT. — Grinding cane. 



Gallons. 



Crew. 



Number 

 ofre- 

 ports. 



Average 

 (gallons 

 per day). 



Number of gallons 



reported most 



frequently. 



Man. 



Mule. 



40 to 100 



CO to 100 



3 



4 



2 

 2 



10 

 10 



73.2 

 76.0 



75 (3 reports). 

 80 (4 reports). 



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LABOR REQIilREMEXTS OF SUGAR CANE. 



Sugar cane requires a very large amount of labor per acre, the 

 amount at each operation being shown in Table XXXVIII. Plant- 

 ing, which includes digging seed cane from the beds where it was 

 buried during the winter, hauling, laying in the rows, and covering, 

 requires nearly 5 days' man labor and about 2 days' mule labor per 

 acre. The heaviest labor demand of this crop is at harvest time. 

 All of the operations from cutting to sirup making are slow when 

 measured by the acreage covered per day. 



Preparation of the land and cultivation do not differ materially in 

 kind or amount from such work on cotton, except that cane hoeing 

 is slower work than cotton hoeing. Furthermore, cane is nearly 

 always hoed twice, and some hoe it three times. The increase in 

 required labor comes chiefly at planting time and harvesting time. 



Tabm; XXXVIII. — Labor rcqiiinvHitln per ocrc of sugar cane, by operations. 



Operation. 



Hours per 

 acre. 



Num- 

 ber 

 of 

 re- 

 ports. 



Operation. 



Hours per 



acre. 



Num- 

 ber 

 of 





Man. 



Mule. 



Man. 



Mule. 



re- 

 ports. 



Break 



0.8 

 7.7 

 6.6 

 1.2 

 3.7 

 48.8 

 3.0 

 2.8 



16.4 



10.4 

 9.8 

 6.6 

 1.2 

 2.6 



21.1 

 3.0 

 2.8 



16.4 



9 

 19 

 7 

 9 

 20 

 2.') 

 14 

 17 



Cultivate middles (aver- 

 age 2 times) 



43! 7 

 6.5.5 

 26.6 

 30.8 

 126.5 

 28.1 

 27.1 



7.9 



*"46.'4' 



61.6 



56.2 



3.3 





Bed 



16 



Rebed 



lloe (average 2 times) 



Strip and top 



25 



Centerfurrow 



15 



Fertilize.. 



Cut 



15 



Plant 



Haul 



17 



Cover 



(irindand make sirup... 



Market 



Bed seed cane 



25 



Baroff 



11 



Cultivate (average 3 



11 



times)... 











COWPEAS. 



Cowpeas are planted both with planters in rows and broadcast 

 by hand. (See fig. 7.) In the first case the crop is given some culti- 

 vation, while in the latter it is allowed to grow without any cultiva- 

 tion. The crew duty at planting is shown in Table XXXIX. 



