22 BULLETIN 896, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
TasBLe XVI.—Haul and scatter manure. 
| 
F Acres per Hours per 
Reporting. fara. Crew. Soares 
Loads 
State and county. Per per _ 
Num- E In Cov- BOR: 4. 
ber. | total |cotton.| ered. | Man- | Mule. Man. | Mule. ‘ 
rec- 
ords. 
Georgia: | 
WaurensiCounityeeee ee eee eee 6- 7 | 38.17 | 12.33. 1.8 2.5] 3.48 6.1 9.5 
Greene Counbya sees 522 oer 42 | 54 | 49.33 | 27.33 1.9 2.0 |. 1.02 Sto 3311 
Sumter Counbyes see ssen se ose e 38 | 48 | 58.80 | 21.07 3.0 2.2] 2.44 ted Bee 
Alabama: | 
Mallanossa: Coumbyeen asses 11 12 6.95 } 6.59 1.3 2.0 | 3.08 6.9 11.3 
Marshall Counity2eeas2-2 5-2 59 66 | 14.38 | 11.36 1.5 1.8] 1.02 3.3 3.7 
Wale-s ees eee eas saeeace 13 14 | 19.73 | 9.19 2.5 220 5|ee2250) |LOG 8.2 
South Carolina: : 
Anderson-Countyss= <=. s4--sn2— 28 31 | 41.59 | 34.20 3.0 2.0 62 2.6 17 
BariwelliCounty: 245-5-5--- sea 27 30 | 60.41 | 40.22 3.9 1.8} 1.04 5.0 a 
Texas: 
Iii Clowitin~sa=ssss5claessssascc 2 37 | 2005508 eso eos see [eee ae 2.43 | 12.0 17.2 
Rusk Counby= seh -¢ cae ea ee ee 2 3} 32.50] 5.00 eds 2503 |e del oe) eet ae 24.5 
COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS. 
Commercial fertilizers are used quite generally in the cotton-grow- 
ing areas of the South, and in the ten districts embraced in this 
survey commercial fertilizer was purchased and applied quite liberally 
in all areas except on the farms of Ellis County, Tex. 
TaBLE XVII.—HAHaul fertilizer. 
Reporting. Acres per farm. Crew. Hours per acre. 
State and county. . | Eee ae é 
; um- | cen cot- Ov- 
ber. | oftotal) ton. | ered. Man. | Mule. | Man. | Mule. 
records. | 
Georgia: 
aurensi Couniiyzeser= sae ee | 82 96 | 47.02 | 46.90 1.4 Asi 0.8 1.3 
Greene County 255-5 -5- 22-222. | 76 | 97 | §2.49 | 49.99 1.3 eal 4 att 
Sumter Countess ee see ees 79 | 99 | 52.77 | 52.7 1.3 2.2 9 Uls¥ 
Alabama: 
Tallapoosa County --..-2..--.--.- 79 89 | 13.89 | 13.89 1.0 1.9 1.1 2.1 
Marshall County2-- 222-20 s- 90 | 100 | 18.88 | 13.88 1.0 15-7 1.0 1.5 
Dale Counityet ses ese eee 88 | 98 | 13.74 | 18.67 1.0 1.8 -8 1.4 
South Carolina: | 
Anderson Countiyesss te eee 87 98 | 32.28 | 32.28 tg 2.0 6 FO 
BarnwelllCounty22]=senes ose. == 91 | 100 43.25 43.25 1.4 ral 1.1 1.8 
Texas: ; : | 
RuSkeaC oun bye ease nee eee 67 | 89 |} 35.03 | 30.55 1.0 2.0 -8 1.6 
Taking all farms where fertilizer was hauled into consideration 
there was a variation from 0.6 of a man hour up to 1.1 man hours 
per acre, with slightly higher normal requirements for mule labor. 
Under average conditions one would expect to use about an hour of 
man labor and two hours of mule labor for the purpose of hauling 
commercial fertilizer for each acre of cotton. 
