STANDARDS OF LABOR. 
Table XXXVII. — Grinding cane. 
Gallons. 
Crew. 
Number 
ofre- 
ports. 
Average 
(gallons 
per day). 
Number of gallons 
reported most 
frequently. 
Man. 
Mule. 
40 to 100 
60 to 100 
3 
4 
2 
2 
10 
10 
73.2 
76.0 
75 (3 reports). 
80 (4 reports). 
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LABOR REQUIREMENTS OF SUGAR CANE. 
Sugar cane requires a very large amount of labor per acre, the 
amount at each operation being shown in Table XXXVIII. Plant- 
ing, which includes digging seed cane from the beds where it was 
buried during the winter, hauling, laying in the rows, and covering, 
requires nearly 5 days' man labor and about 2 days' mule labor per 
acre. The heaviest labor demand of this crop is at harvest time. 
All of the operations from cutting to sirup making are slow when 
measured by the acreage covered per day. 
Preparation of the land and cultivation do not differ materially in 
kind or amount from such work on cotton, except that cane hoeing 
is slower work than cotton hoeing. Furthermore, cane is nearly 
always hoed twice, and some hoe it three times. The increase in 
required labor comes chiefly at planting time and harvesting time. 
Table XXXVIII. — Labor- requirements per acre of sugar cane, by operations. 
Operation. 
Hours per 
acre. 
Num- 
" ber 
of 
re- 
ports. 
Operation. 
Hours per 
acre. 
Num- 
ber 
of 
Man. 
Mule. 
Man. 
Mule. 
re- 
ports. 
Break 
6.8 
7.7 
6.6 
1.2 
3.7 
48.8 
3.0 
2.8 
1*6.4 
10.4 
9.8 
6.6 
1.2 
2.6 
21.1 
3.0 
2.8 
16.4 
9 
19 
7 
9 
20 
25 
14 
17 
25 
Cultivate middles (aver- 
7.7 
43.7 
65.5 
26.6 
30.8 
126.5 
28.1 
27.1 
7.9 
""*46.T 
61.6 
56.2 
3.3 
Bed 
16 
Rebed 
Hoe (average 2 times) 
Strip and top 
25 
Cent er furrow 
15 
Fertilize 
Cut 
15 
Plant 
Haul 
17 
Cover 
Grind and make sirup... 
25 
Baroff 
11 
Cultivate (average 3 
11 
times) 
COWPEAS. 
Cowpeas are planted both with planters in rows and broadcast 
by hand. (See fig. 7.) In the first case the crop is given some culti- 
vation, while in the latter it is allowed to grow without any cultiva- 
tion. The crew duty at planting is shown in Table XXXIX. 
