FIELD AND CROP LABOR ON GEORGIA FARMS 
Table 17. — Picking cotton 
(1 man) 
17 
Yield per acre (bales) 
Number of 
reports 
Average 
pounds 
seed cotton 
per day 
Pounds reported 
most frequently 
90 
159 
142. 80 
143. 78 
150 (34 reports). 
150 (68 reports). 
Table 18. — Hauling and marketing cotton 
(1 man, 2 mules) 
Operation 
Length 
of haul 
Number 
of 
reports 
Average 
bales 
per day 
Miles 
0) 
14 
2.79 
1 
20 
2.75 
2 
44 
2.07 
3 
31 
1.81 
4 
11 
1.77 
5 
10 
1.70 
6 
7 
1.57 
1 
9 
2.78 
2 
10 
2.20 
3 
10 
2.20 
4 
9 
1.61 
5 
8 
1.44 
6 
6 
1.33 
7 
8 
1.38 
9 
8 
1.00 
10 
7 
1.00 
4 
8 
9.00 
5 
7 
10.28 
6 
11 
7.09 
8 
9 
7.44 
9 
8 
3.75 
10 
10 
3.60 
12 
11 
3.82 
14 
5 
3.60 
Number of bales 
per day most fre- 
quently reported 
Haul to gin 
Do 
Do.. 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Haul to gin and market 
Do 
Do 
Do.... 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Haul to market 
Do.... 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Do 
\2 (8 reports). 
[4 (5 reports). 
f2 (5 reports). 
[3 (6 reports). 
2 (35 reports). 
2 (19 reports). 
2 (8 reports). 
2 (7 reports), 
fl (3 reports). 
|2 (4 reports). 
2 (5 reports). 
2 (8 reports). 
Scattering. 
2 (5 reports). 
1 (4 reports). 
Scattering. 
1 (5 reports). 
1 (8 reports). 
1 (7 reports). 
Scattering. 
Do. 
8 (5 reports). 
8 (3 reports). 
4 (5 reports). 
4 (4 reports). 
4 (4 reports). 
f3 (2 reports). 
|4 (3 reports). 
* Less than 1 mile. 
CORN 
Corn is usually planted with the same planter as cotton but the 
plates are changed. For the same width of row the rate of planting 
is practially the same for both crops. Corn is planted m rows 
which average wider than cotton, so that less time is required. A few 
reports show corn planted by hand, but this practice is uncommon. 
(See Table 19.) One of the following crops — cowpeas, velvet beans, 
and peanuts — is generally planted between the corn rows (fig. 9) at 
the time the corn is laid by. Cowpeas are planted in corn in rows 
or broadcast; velvet beans are planted in alternate rows, but most 
frequently with corn and peanuts; peanuts are always planted in 
rows. 
After planting, the ground is sometimes harrowed. This work is 
all included under harrowing before or after planting (see Table 5), 
as the rate per day is the same. Practically the same cultivating- 
