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Table XXXIX. — Planting coirpeas. 



Method. 



Width of row. 



Crew. 



Num- 

 ber of 



re- 

 ports. 



Average 



acres 

 per day. 



Acres reported 



Men. 



Mules. 



most frequently. 



In rows: 



2Jfeet 



1 



1 



10 

 13 



10 



4.87 

 5.69 



33.50 



5 (5 reports). 



Do 



3 feet 



6 (8 reports). 



Broadcast: 



Broadcast 



1 





Scattering. 









Fig. 7.— One man and one mule planting peas wth a. cotton planter. The rows have been previously 



laid out \vith a bull tongue. 



About one man in three plants by hand. It will be noted that the 

 rate of broadcasting by hand is considerably more per day than for 

 planter work. 



Cowpeas, whether planted in rows and intertilled or sown broad- 

 cast, are harvested in the same manner. Therefore, the duty of 

 crews, at harvesting both the cultivated and the uncultivated crops, 

 is shown in the same table (Table XL). This table shows acres cut 

 per day with mowers of different widths. When one has a small 

 acreage planted in rows and has no mowing machine, he sometimes 

 cuts the vines by hand instead of hiring a mower. The men with- 

 out mowers also rake the hay by hand. Hauling is most often done 

 by two men and a team, though a three-man crew is used. Some- 

 times hauling is done by one man. The duty of these crews is shown 

 in acres per day. 



