FIELD AND CROP LABOR ON GEORGIA FARMS 
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Table 19. — Planting corn 
(1-row planter, 1 man, 1 mule) 
Width 
Number 
Average 
Acreage reported 
of row 
of reports 
per day 
most frequently 
Feet 
4 
24 
7.58 
8 (10 reports). 
4H 
50 
7.94 
8 (23 reports). 
5 
53 
9.26 
J 8 (14 reports). 
\ 10 (21 reports). 
5H 
10 
9.60 
Scattering. 
6 
56 
11.11 
/ 10 (16 reports). 
\ 12 (18 reports). 
6H 
29 
12.09 
f 12 (7 reports). 
\ 14 (7 reports). 
7 
15 
13.47 
15 (5 reports). 
Table 20. — Cultivating corn 
Operation, implement, number of furrows, and crew 
Width 
Number 
of row 
of reports 
Feet 
4H 
10 
VA 
11 
4 
31 
VA 
58 
5 
47 
6 
44 
6K 
24 
7 
16 
VA 
12 
5 
17 
4 
18 
4H 
30 
5 
18 
6 
16 
4 
11 
4M 
17 
5 
25 
6 
23 
6M 
10 
7 
8 
5 
12 
Average 
acreage 
per day 
Acreage re- 
ported most fre- 
quently 
Thin and hoe (1 man) 
Do 
Side (scooter or scrape, 2 furrows, 1 man, 1 mule) 
Do _ 
Do 
Do ■_ 
Do 
Do 
Bar-off (tUrnplow, 2 furrows, 1 man, 1 mule) 
Do 
Cultivate middles (shovel cultivator, 1 furrow, 1 man 
1 mule). 
Do.. 
Do 
Do 
Cultivate middles (shovel cultivator, 2 furrows, 1 man 
1 mule). 
Do __ 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Cultivate middles (shovel cultivator, 4 furrows, 1 man 
1 mule. 
2.25 
3.18 
3.84 
4.45 
4.97 
6.39 
6.55 
7.19 
4.54 
4.80 
7.94 
8.77 
11.00 
12.06 
4.72 
4.92 
5.32 
6.39 
6.60 
6.50 
2.42 
\y 2 (4 reports). 
2 (5 reports) . 
4 (19 reports). 
f4 (20 reports). 
[5 (15 reports). 
5 (23 reports) . 
6 (17 reports). 
r6 (8 reports), 
|7 (6 reports). 
Scattering. 
f4 (4 reports) . 
1 5 (3 reports). 
f4 (4 reports). 
[5 (5 reports). 
8 (7 reports). 
8 (15 reports). 
10 (5 reports(. 
10 (6 reports). 
4 (6 reports). 
4 (6 reports) . 
5 (8 reports) . 
6 (7 reports). 
r 6 (4 reports). 
[7 (4 reports). 
7 (3 reports) . 
2 l A (6 reports). 
Table 21. — Pulling fodder 
(1 man) 
Bundles pulled per acre 
Number 
of 
reports 
Average 
acreage 
per day 
Acreage reported 
most frequently 
50 and less.. ... . 
13 
17 
56 
17 
29 
22 
16 
4.31 
1.91 
1.71 
1.62 
1.54 
1.07 
.97 
51 to 75 
76 to 100 
fl (15 reports). 
\\y 2 (10 reports). 
101tol25 
126 to 150 
1 (9 reports). 
151 to 200 
1 (10 reports). 
201 and over ...... 
1 (7 reports). 
