FIELD AND CROP LABOR ON GEORGIA FARMS 7 
DISTRIBUTION OF LABOR 
The limits within which operations for different crops are performed 
by most farmers in the coastal plain area of Georgia are shown in 
Figure 3. The operations given for the different crops correspond 
to those given in Table 2. As the time at which some operations are 
performed is identical, they are combined, as, for example, siding and 
cultivating middles. The heavy lines show the limits of the time in 
OAYS AVAILABLE 
FOR FIELD WORK 
14.8 
14.3 
18.4 
19.8 
20.6 
20.7 
20.6 
20.1* 
£0.2 
19.7 
19.2 
14.6 
WORK HOURS 
8.0 
8.0 
9.0 
10.0 
10.0 
1 1.0 
I 1.0 
11.0 
10.5 
9.5 
9.0 
a.o 
PER DAY 
CROP AND 
OPERATION 
JAN. 
10 20 
FEB. 
10 20 
MAR. 
10 20 
APR. 
MAY 
10 20 
JUNE 
10 20 
JULY 
10 20 
AUG. 
10 20 
SEPT. 
10 20 
CCT. 
IO 20 
NOV. 
10 20 
DEC. 
10 20 
COTTON 
= 
PLOW 
HARROW 
PLANT 


CULTIVATE 




HAUL TO GIN 
HAUL TO MARKET 
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— 
LAY OFT ROWS 
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PLANT AND COVER 
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CULTIVATE 
FERTILIZE 
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PLANT AND COVER 



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WATERMELONS 
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LAY OFF ROWS 
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Fig. 3.— The time of year during which the principal operations on different crops are performed by the 
majority of farmers, together with the work days per month and hours per day available for field work 
which the majority of the men performed each operation given. 
There is considerable variation in the length of the time in which many 
operations can be performed; for example, the earliest plowing date 
reported for cotton was October 1 and the latest May 1, yet the time 
in which plowing for cotton is done by most farmers is confined within 
two and one-half months with a total of 36 available work days. With 
planting, the time is perhaps more restricted than for any other opera- 
tion. At the top of Figure 3, the average number of days per month 
is given in which the men reported field work could be done, and im- 
