FIELD AND CROP LABOR ON GEORGIA FAEMS 
Table 34. — Cutting and shocking oats, wheat, or rye 
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Operation and method 
Number 
of 
reports 
Crew 
Average 
acreage 
per day 
Acreage reported 
Men 
Mules 
most frequently 
Cutting, binder..-.. . .. ._ 
114 
11 
28 
12 
160 
1 
1 
2 
1 
1 
3 
4 
4 
9.80 
12.09 
11.61 
3.29 
10.18 
10 (46 reports). 
Scattering. 
/10 (13 reports). 
\12 (9 reports). 
Do 
Do 
Cutting, cradle 
Shocking 
(8 (35 reports) . 
•MO (60 reports). 
[12 (35 reports). 
Table 35. — Hauling bundles from field to barn 
(Oats, wheat, or rye) 
Yield per acre (bushels) 
Crew 
Number 
of 
reports 
Average 
acreage 
per day 
Acreage reported 
Men 
Mules 
most frequently 
10 and less. , 
2 
2 
2 
3 
2 
2 
2 
2 
16 
32 
36 
10 
14.84 
12.20 
6.83 
9.80 
Scattering. 
11 to 20 
Do. 
5 (9 reports') 
Do 
Scattering. 
Table 36. — Threshing oats 
(From stack or barn) 
Men in 
crew 
Number 
of re- 
ports 
Average 
bushels 
per day 
Bushels reported 
most frequently 
4 
5 
6 
12 
14 
10 
452 
587 
670 
400 (3 reports). 
Scattering. 
Scattering. 
WATERMELONS 
The watermelon crop is important on many farms with sandy 
soils in southern Georgia. The general practice is to plant the seed 
by hand in rows 10 feet apart and the same distance in the row, and 
cover it at the same time with the foot or a hoe. Sometimes the 
seed is planted in rows 8 by 10 and 10 by 12 feet. As the seed is 
planted by hand, it is necessary to mark the rows and then check 
them after bedding, so that the distance between hills will be uniform. 
The rate of performing these operations is given in Table 6, page 11. 
Each of 53 men planted watermelon seed in rows 10 by 10 feet, at 
an average rate of 9.27 acres per day. Eighteen of these men each 
reported planting an average oi 10 acres per day. 
The ordinary cultivating operations performed on watermelons 
are siding, thinning, hoeing, and cultivating middles. Table 37 
shows the rate of work for these operations. After the last cultiva- 
tion, cowpeas are sometimes planted between the rows and later 
cut for hay. 
The crop is usually fertilized, either before or after planting. 
(See Table 12). 
Different methods of harvesting melons are in use, but the most 
common is to cut and pile the melons. There were 12 men each 
