20 BULLETIN 961, XL S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 
Table XXX. — Harvesting peanuts. 
Operation. 
Width of row. 
Number Average 
of aoreage 
reports, per day. 
Acreage reported 
most frequently. 
Pulling up peanuts — 
(1 man) 
Shocking (1 man) 
Stacking (1 man) 
Hauling to barn: 
2 men and 2 mules . 
3 men and 2 mules . 
2 feet.. 
2k feet. 
1.0S 
1.44 
1.62 
1.63 
5.03 
6. 33 
1 (9 reports . 
1 (5 reports). 
Do. 
Do. 
4 (5 reports . 
Scattering. 
LABOR REQUIREMENTS OF PEANUTS. 
The labor required at each operation on peanuts grown either as 
a first crop or as a second crop after oats is shown hi Table XXXI. 
Preparation of the land for this crop is similar to that for cotton or 
corn. Harvesting operations require somewhat more work than 
corn harvest, but less than cotton harvest. When grown as a second 
crop after oats, peanuts require less labor than when grown as a 
first crop, because they are planted later and require fewer 
cultivations. 
Table XXXI. — Labor requirements per otrt of peanuts, by operations. 
Peanuts as first crop. 
Peanuts after oats. 
Operation. 
Hours] 
Man. 
)er acre. 
Mule. 
Number 
of 
reports. 
Hours per acre. 
Man. ; Mule. 
Xumber 
of 
reports. 
Break 
Harrow 
6.4 
2.2 
12.3 
5.6 
15 
21 
6.3 
12.7 
-5 
Do 
1.2 

1.8 
Bed 
4.S 
3.9 
2.0 
1.9 
3.2 
1.6 
9.5 
2.4 
10.7 
2.2 
10.7 
9.9 
6.3 
S.4 
6.0 
2.6 
5.5 
4.8 
1.5 
1.9 
1.9 
1.6 
9.9 
2.4 
23 
15 
14 
28 
36 
23 
36 
12 
23 
13 
29 
13 
32 
11 
15 
14 
Eebed 
1.8 
2.S 
3.0 
6.3 
1.8 
1? 
Plant 
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age two times 1 
14 
Cover 
Cultivate (aver 
3.2 
7.2 
12 
14 
les 
Hoe 
2.T 
8. 8 
3." 9" 
Plow up 
Pull up 
Shock 
2.9 
4 
q 

Haul 
Stack 
Thrash 
Market 
6.3 
2.6" 
5.2 
5.2 
5.0 
3.6 
6.0 
4."6" 
5.9 
13 
4 
4 
SWEET POTATOES. 
In planting sweet potatoes there are really three operations — 
pulling the plants, dropping in rows, and setting out. (See Table 
XXXII. There were not a sufficient number of estimates on 
pulling to give a reliable average. 
