STANDARDS OF LABOR. 
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vating. Man labor varies with the yield because picking is the slow- 
est operation of all. 
Table XVII. — Labor requirements per acre of cotton, by operations. 
Operations. 
Average hours 
per acre. 
Num- 
ber 
of re- 
ports. 
Operations. 
Average hours 
per acre. 
Num- 
ber 
of re- 
ports. 
Man. 
Mule. 
Man. 
Mule. 
1.7 
6.3 
1.8 
1.5 
4.4 
4.1 
1.5 
1.6 
1.3 
1.4 
2.4 
12.1 
5.2 
1.6 
5.3 
4.7 
2.1 
1.4 
1.6 
1.4 
54 
46 
24 
88 
185 
97 
65 
135 
164 
191 
Scrape 
2.9 
20.0 
13.8 
3.6 
46.7 
2.7 
1.9 
3.0 
14.6 
3.7 
""b'.i 
3.9 
104 
Break 
Chop and hoe (average 2 
times) 
191 
Lay-off rows 
Cultivate (average 4 
times) 
Bed. 
191 
Rebed 
Cultivate middles (aver- 
138 
Pick 
191 
Harrow or drag beds 
Plant 
Haul to gin and market . . 
Market 
182 
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CORN. 
Corn planting as a whole is more rapid than cotton planting, 
partly because the rows are wider, and partly because less time is 
lost in refilling the planter. Planting by hand is considerably slower 
than planting with a planter, as there is the extra work of covering 
the seed, which requires in itself as much time as planting with a 
planter. (See Table XVIII.) 
Table XVIII. — Planting corn. 
Method. 
By hand 
Do 
Do 
One-row planter 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Width of 
row. 
34 feet 
4 feet. 
4J feet 
3i feet 
4"feet. 
4§ feet 
5 feet., 
6 feet.. 
Crew. 
Men. 
Mules. 
1 
1 
1 
1 1 
1 | 1 
1 1 
1 . 1 
1 1 
Num- 
ber of 
Average 
records. 
per day. 
21 
6.85 
48 
7.45 
11 
7.72 
12 
6.75 
57 
7.42 
14 
8.07 
12 
9.66 
11 
10.27 
Acreage reported 
most frequently. 
7 (13 reports). 
8 (28 reports). 
8 (5 reports). 
7 (6 reports). 
S (38 reports). 
8 (9 reports). 
10 (6 reports). 
12 (5 reports). 
Table XIX. — Covering corn after planting with shovel cultivator or turnplow — one 
man, one mule, and one furrow. 
Width of 
row. 
Number 
of 
reports. 
Average 
acreage 
per day. 
Acreage reported 
most frequently. 
34. feet 
4 feet 
44 feet 
20 
46 
10 
7.10 
8.00 
8.22 
7 (12 reports). 
8 (29 reports). 
8 (6 reports). 
Crew duty at the various operations in cultivating corn is shown 
in Tables XX to XXIII. The duty per day with cultivators at 
first cultivation and subsequent cultivations is practically the same. 
