24 BL T LLETIN 961, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table XXXIX. — Planting eowpcas. 
Method. 
Width of row. 
1 
Crew. - Num. 
ber of 
Average 
acres 
per day. 
Acres reported 
Men. 
re- 
Mules. I ports. 
most frequently. 
In rows: 
2ifeet 
1 
1 i 10 
13 
■4. 87 5 (5 reports). 
Do 
3 feet 
5.69 6 (8 reports). 
Broadcast: 
Broadcast 
1 
I 10 
Fig. 7.— One man and one mule planting peas with a cotton planter. The rows have been previously 
laid out with a bulltongue. 
About one man in three plants by hand. It will be noted that the 
rate of broadcasting by hand is considerably more per day than for 
planter work. 
Cowpeas, whether planted in rows and intertilled or sown broad- 
cast, are harvested in the same manner. Therefore, the duty of 
crews, at harvesting both the cultivated and the uncultivated crops, 
is shown in the same table (Table XL). This table shows acres cut 
per day with mowers of different widths. When one has a small 
acreage planted in rows and has no mowing machine, he sometimes 
cuts the vines by hand instead of hiring a mower. The men with- 
out mowers also rake the hay by hand. Hauling is most often done 
by two men and a team, though a three-man crew is used. Some- 
times hauling is done by one man. The duty of these crews is shown 
in acres per day. 
