28 
BULLETIN 1292, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
of whom reported cutting and piling an average of 1.42 acres of 
melons per day with a yield of 400 to 500 melons per acre. After 
the melons have been harvested, they are hauled to town and packed 
in the car for shipment. 
Table 37. — Cultivating watermelons 
Operation and crew 
Width 
of row 
Number 
of furrows 
Number 
of reports 
Average 
acreage 
per day 
Acreage reported 
most frequently 
Hoe and thin (1 man).. _ 
Feet 
10 
10 
24 
14 
34 
19 
12 
5.04 
6.21 
9.09 
8.53 
3.29 
5 (7 reports) . 
Hoe 
6 (5 reports) . 
Side (scooter or scrape, 1 man, 1 mule) 
Cultivate middles (shovel cultivator, 1 man, 
1 mule) - 
10 
10 
2 
2 
10 (10 reports). 
/ 8 (6 reports) 
\10 (7 reports). 
3 (5 reports). 
Do 
10 fi 
HAY 
Hay is commonly made from cowpeas, oats, or peanuts, although 
sorghum and native grasses are sometimes used. Cowpea hay con- 
stitutes the bulk of the crop. No standards of labor are given for 
growing hay, as these may best be obtained from the particular crop 
which it is desired to grow for hay. The operations on cowpeas, oats, 
and peanuts up to and including planting are the same irrespective 
of the disposal of the crop. The several operations necessary for 
putting up hay are given in Table 38. When a farmer intends to 
sell hay, it is usually baled before being sold. The rate of work on 
this operation with different-sized crews is given in Table 39. 
Table 38. — Putting up cowpea, oats, or peanut hay 
Operation and implement 
Crew 
Number 
of 
reports 
Average 
acreage 
per day 
Men 
Mules 
1 
2 
135 
7.36 
1 
1 
80 
13.05 
1 
2 
54 
13.17 
1 
38 
6.12 
2 
13 
7.08 
3 
2 
3 
1 
2 
2 
2 
2 
11 
18 
17 
18 
55 
7.91 
5.39 
7.88 
8.14 
9.25 
Acreage reported 
most frequently 
Mowing 
Baking, dump rake 8' by 12' 
Do 
Bunching (cowpeas and peanuts) around poles 
Do 
Do 
Stacking in field 
Do 
Hauling from field . 
Do .... 
8 (52 reports). 
/12 (14 reports). 
\l6 (20 reports). 
(12 (10 reports). 
\16(11 reports). 
(4 (7 reports) . 
\10 (8 reports), 
/(i (3 reports) . 
\8 (3 reports) . 
8 (4 reports) 
Scattering. 
10 (5 reports). 
Scattering. 
Do. 
Table 39. — Baling cowpea, oats, or peanut hay 
Crew 
Number 
of 
reports 
Average 
tons 
per day 
Tons reported 
most frequently 
Men 
Mules 
2 
3 
4 
4 
1 
1 
1 
2 
11 
39 
17 
11 
4.41 
4.68 
4.85 
6.59 
Scattering. 
(1 (7 reports). 
\R (6 reports). 
5 (4 reports). 
Scattering. 
WASHINGTON : GOVERNMENT I'RINTIXC: OFFICE 1 1925 
