STANDARDS OF LABOR. 
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Laying off rows (figure 3) is an operation requiring one trip to the 
row, usually with a one-mule implement. (See Table IX.) 
Table IX. — Lay-off rows iviih shovel cultivator — one man and one mule. 
Width 
of row. 
Number 
of reports. 
Average 
acreage 
per day. 
Acreage reported 
most frequently. 
2^ feet 
3 feet 
3£feet 
4feet 
4§feet 
12 
27 
83 
96 
12 
4.91 
5.95 
6.67 
7.46 
7.75 
5 (8 reports). 
6 (22 reports). 
7 (46 reports). 
8 (57 reports], 
8 (6 report). 
. ... . 
Fig. 3.— One man and one mule laying off rows with a single shovel cultivator. The man in the 
background is planting in the rows already made. 
Harrowing or dragging beds is an operation performed on practically 
every farm, because cotton and sweet potatoes are always planted 
on beds, and, frequently, both corn and peanuts. After the beds 
are formed it is a common practice to harrow or drag them to improve 
the seed bed. Sometimes a harrow or drag is wide enough to drag 
two beds at a time. A few perform this operation for sweet potatoes 
with a hand rake. However, there are not a sufficient number of 
estimates to give a reliable average for this method. (See Table X.) 
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