STANDARDS OF LABOE. 
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PEANUTS. 
Planters are not in common use for planting peanuts, chiefly because 
of the necessity of shelling the peanuts before they can be planted 
with a planter. As with corn planted by hand, the peanuts must be 
covered. This extra amount of labor no doubt makes it more profit- 
able to use a planter for this operation, even though the labor of 
shelling is involved. When the peanuts were planted in 3-foot rows 
it was found that it would require the labor of one man and a mule, 
with a shovel cultivator or turn plow turning one furrow, to cover an 
average of 5.9 acres per day. (See Table XXVIII.) 
Table XXVIII. — Planting peanuts by hand after oats and as a first crop— one man. 
Width of 
row. 
Number 
of 
reports. 
Average 
acreage 
per day. 
Acreage reported 
most frequently. 
2i feet 
3"feet 
11 
19 
3.05 
3.81 
Scattering. 
Do. 
The cultivating operations for peanuts are barring off, harrowing 
the rows, cultivating, and cultivating middles. Not enough reports 
were obtained to give reliable averages for any operation except 
cultivating. (See Table XXIX.) 
Table XXIX.— Cultivating peanuts after oats and as a first crop — one man, one mule, 
and tivofurroivs. 
Width of 
row. 
Number 
of 
reports. 
Average 
acreage 
per day. 
Acreage reported 
most frequently. 
21- feet 
3"feet 
3i feet 
12 
18 
10 
2.45 
2.88 
3.30 
2h (5 reports). 
3 (14 reports). 
Scattering. 
According to all estimates obtained on hoeing peanuts, one man 
will hoe 1.2 acres with rows 3 feet apart. This crop is hoed only once. 
There are several methods of harvesting peanuts. The most com- 
mon practice is to pull the vines by hand, then shock them. Some 
plow them up or loosen them with a plow, after which they are shocked. 
After the shocks have cured for from 3 to 6 weeks, the crop is hauled 
to the barn or thrasher. Some feed the entire plant, including the 
nuts. Where peanuts are thrashed, it is quite common to bale the 
vines or hay after they have passed through the thrasher. Some, 
instead of harvesting the entire crop, cut the tops off with a mowing 
machine and rake the hay, thus saving a hay crop only. When this 
is done, the common practice is to turn hogs into the field for the 
purpose of harvesting the peanuts. (See Table XXX.) 
