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28 BULLETIN 89, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
to Tallapoosa and Dale Counties, Ala., and Rusk County, Tex. Ina 
majority of the districts reporting this work the normal man labor 
requirement was approximately two hours per acre, which would 
mean that the average grower could count upon opening rows on 5 
acres per day. (See fig. 9.) 
Fic, 9.—Using alister to open rows. 
TaBLE XXIII.—Open rows. 
| Reporting. | Acres per farm. Crew. Hours per acre. 
| | uf : 
State and county. | e Per Ae Bueee | 
Num- | cent 0 n OvV- . \) 
ber. | total |cotton.| ered. Man. | Mule. | Man. | Mule. 
fee 
Georgia: | 
Laurens County ........- 5 6| 48.80! 48.80 1 1 1.0 1.5 1.5 
Sumter County.--....-.- 7 9} 63.43] 63.438 1 1 1.3 1.8 2a0° 
Alabama: 
Tallapoosa County....... 34 38 | 14.10} 14.10 i} 1 1.0 2.0 2.0 
Marshall County........- 3 3} 21.50} 11-50 1 1 10 eye £7 
Dale'County sc see eae 15 Zia SON els 4-7, 1 1 1.0 rly Tez, 
South Carolina: ~ 
Anderson County........ 7 8 | 28.29] 26.43 1 1 liga 1.8 2.0 
Barnwell County........ 9 10 | 90.22 | 90.22 1 1 1.0 1.4 1.4 
Texas: 
1 1 Ist Peo 1.6 
Rusk County-eeee-eeeeee 33 44} 29. e 28. 88 
DRAG OR SMOOTH. 
Frequently it is the practice to level off the land with a log drag 
or float. This may appear to be a repetition of some work included 
under harrowing. In some districts at least there appeared to be 
a distinct difference in the two classes of work. Sixteen per cent 
of the records contained estimates on smoothing the land. (See 
Table XXIV.) 
