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arape horse hoes were commonly used in all areas except in the Hudson 

 Valley. The hoe, or blade, stirs the soil close to the vines and under the 

 wire, the blade being guided around the trunk of the vine, by manipulating the 

 left handle* 



The Girard and E-inger Lakes growers' usually horse hoed their vineyards 

 once during the season, (table 49.) .In North East, Pa., and Chautauqua County, 

 N.Y. , it was almost as common to horse hoe the vineyards twice during the 

 season as once. In 1929, eight of the Arkansas growoi*s interviewed, horse 

 hoed their vineyards 3 times and 2 vineyards wore horse hoed 4 times, (table 5C . 

 In Chautauqua County, on ?E percent of the acreage horse hoed, the hoe was 

 drawn by 2 horses. In .ill other areas the horse hoe was' usually drawn by one 

 horse, (table 51, ) As yet this tool has not been adapted to tractor use. 



Table 49. - Proportion of vineyard acreage horse hoed during season, 



by areas, 1928 





: Average 

 : nijimber of 



: Percenta^-^e 



of acreage : 













; Horse ; 







: times 



: Not 



: Horse : 



: .Horse 



: hoed : 



: Tctal 



Area ; 



: acreage ^ • 



: horse ; 



. hoed ; 



; hoed 



: more 



: acreage 





;was horse : 



: hoed 



: once 



; twice { 



: than : 







; hoed : 









; "twice : 







: Num.ber : 



; Percent: 



Percent: 



; Percent: 



; Percent; 



Acres 



• 

 Arkansas (1929) ; 



1.7 ! 



5.7 : 



; 48.6 : 



; 19.B ; 



; 25.9 1 



: 1,062 



North East, Pa. 



: 1.4 : 



: 2.2 



: 53. B : 



44.0 : 



1 ** \ 



; 2,026 



Chautauqua Co., N.Y. : 



1.3 : 



9.5 



; ,46.3 : 



44.2 : 



— ; 



2,409 



Iviichigan ; 



1.4 : 



3.2 : 



: ,58^2 : 



38.6 : 



; — ; 



; 2,491 



Niagara Ca. , N.Y. .: 



: Ul : 



: B.l : 



, 74.7 : 



17.2 : 



; .. ; 



; 194 



Girard, Pa. : 



1*0 : 



1*6 : 



92.2 ; 



6.2 : 



; — ; 



405 



Finger Lakes, N.Y. : 



0.9 J 



13.7 : 



85 . 2 : 



1»1 : 



; •- : 



, 1,739 



Hudson Valley, N.Y. : 



1/ : 



98.B : 



1.2 : 



— : 



4M* 



: 360 



All areas : 



1*3 - : 



9.6 : 



5 7. a ■: 



30.0 : 



, 2,6 : 



10,686 



1/ Less than 0.1 















Table 50. - Number of vineyards that were horse heed the indicated 



number of times during season, by ar.oas, 1928 





: Vineyards horse hood indicated number : 









of times 





: Total 



Area 



C 



\ '^ ■ ' 



^ 2- 



• 3 ' 



: 4 



; vineyards 





: N^omber 



: Num.ber : 



; Numb er 



; N^amber. : 



Number : 



; Number 



Arkansas (1929) 



: - 7 



; • 43 ' : 



18 - 



: B ; ; 



; 2 : 



: 78 



North East, Pa. 



i 2 : 



, ^43 ' 



: 30 : 



•^'* 



— : 



75 



Chautauqua Co., N.Y. ; 



; 14 : 



: .49 * : 



: 5^ : 



1 : : 



; «« ; 



; 114 



Michigan .' ; 



t . 2 • : 



.53 ^ : 



37 : 



: — _' ; 



; ^ ; 



; 82 



Niagara Co., N.Y. : 



2 J 



1 15 : 



; '3 J 



— ; 



I *"* 



; 20 



Cirard, Pa. : 



; 3 : 



/ '18 ' : 



' 1 : 



; — J 



^•^ 



1 22 



Finger Lakes, N.Y. : 



; 16 ' ; 



' 95 ' : 



.1 : 



«. 



^ ; 



< 112 



Hudson Yalley, N.Y. : 



34 • : 



1 J 



- : 



** 



*■"* 



1 35 



All areas . • 



80 • : 



. 317 : 



: 140 : 



: 



2 ; 



; 548 



