20 BULLETIN 1292, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Table 22. — Harvesting corn 
Operation 
Yield per acre 
(bushels) 
Crew 
Number 
of 
reports 
Average 
acreage 
per day 
Men 
Mules 
most frequently 
Pull and throw in piles 
Do 
10 and less 
11 to 20 ... 
1 
1 
1 
1 
2 
3 
2 
3 
4 
4 
5 
6 
.. 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
10 
39 
10 
15 
20 
13 
10 
20 
20 
12 
9 
8 
4.28 
3.38 
2.72 
2.25 
7.24 
8.62 
5.65 
6.18 
7.81 
4.81 
8.92 
5 (A reports) 
Scattering. 
Do 
Do 
21 to 40 
Do 
41 and over 
11 to 20 
2% (4 reports). 
Scattering. 
8 (5 reports). 
Scattering. 
Do. 
Do . 
do 
Pull and haul 
11 to 20 
Do 
... do 
Do . 
do 
Do. 
Do 
21 to 40 
Do. 
Do 
11 to 20 .. 
T)n 
Do 
do 
9.97 ! Do. 
PEANUTS 
Peanuts are planted in various ways — as a first crop interplanted 
between the rows of corn — or as a second crop following small grain. 
"When grown alone, they are planted in rows about 3 feet apart, and 
when interplanted with corn the rows are the same width as the corn. 
(See Table 19.) Peanuts are usually dropped by hand. When a 
planter is used, the peanuts must be shelled. The time saved by 
using a planter should offset the time required to shell seed. When 
peanuts are dropped by hand it is necessary to cover the seed. This 
labor is also saved by using a planter. (See Table 23). Siding, 
hoeing, and cultivating middles are the common cultivating operations 
on peanuts. Weeders are used bv a few men for cultivating middles. 
(See Table 24). 
Various methods are used to harvest peanuts. With the exception 
of what is saved for seed, most of the farmers interviewed turn their 
hogs into the field to harvest the crop. On sandy soils, the vines 
are sometimes pulled by hand and then stacked around a pole in the 
field and later enough peanuts are picked for seed. A plow is some- 
times run along the row to loosen the plants, after which they are 
pulled and stacked. Where the soil is light and sandy, the peanuts 
are sometimes scratched out with the fingers. This is done only 
when a few peanuts are wanted, or to dig out those lost when the 
vines are pulled. (See Table 25). When the crop is stacked and 
after it has cured, the vines are threshed or fed. When the crop is 
threshed the vines are frequently baled for hay. 
Table 23. — Planting peanuts 
Method, implement, number of furrows, and crew 
Width of 
row 
Number 
of reports 
Average 
acreage 
per day 
Acreage reported 
most frequently 
Plant, solid crop, by hand in rows (1 man) 
Fed 
3 
3 
6 
7 
7 
3 
6 
6H 
31 
15 
24 
15 
13 
14 
13 
11 
13 
20 
15 
15 
13 
2.56 
3.13 
o. 73 
6. 2o 
6.33 
6.84 
7.38 
12.00 
12.92 
6.40 
11.33 
11.37 
11.92 
1 reports) . 
Do 
Scattering. 
Cover, solid crop, turnplow, (1 furrow, l man, 1 mule). 
Do... .. 
6 (9 reports). 
6 (6 reports) . 
Plant, in corn, bv hand in rows, (1 man) 
Scattering. 
Do 
Scattering. 
Do.. -. 
7 (8 reports). 
Cover, in corn, turnplow, (1 furrow, 1 man, 1 mule) 
Do 
Scattering. 
14 (,4 reports). 
Plant, solid crop, 1-row planter, (1 man, 1 mule) 
6 (12 reports). 
/ 10 (6 reports^ . 
\12 (7 reports). 
/10 (5 reports. 
\12 (4 reports). 
12 (6 reports). 
Do 
Do 
