STANDARDS OF LABOR. 
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and sugar cane is less than 50, yet these figures are considered reliable, 
because the general practice followed in producing these crops is 
uniform. The number of records on broadcast cowpeas or peanuts 
after oats is not sufficient for a very reliable average, though they 
are believed to give a pretty fair indication of the labor requirements 
of these crops. 
Table I.Summary of total average requirements per acre for various crops. 
Crop. 
Cotton 
Corn 
Peanuts (first crop) 
Peanuts (after oats; 
Sweet potatoes 
Sugarcane 
Hours per acre. 
Num- 
ber of 
Man. 
Mule. 
reports. 
100.3 
41.5 
191 
37.0 
34.4 
198 
57. 8 
45.6 
36 
43.9 
36.4 
14 
136.9 
S3. 9 
53 
417. S 
195.0 
25 
1 
Crop. 
Cowpeas (cultivated)... 
Cowpeas (uncultivated) 
Oats (for grain) 
Oats (for hay) 
Meadow hay (native) . . 
Hours per acre. 
Man. 
Mule. 
32.9 
25.6 
16.6 
23.7 
21.7 
24.1 
16.7 
20.8 
17.1 
19.4 
Num- 
ber of 
reports. 
Table II summarizes data for the operations performed on the 
various crops. The figures are taken from the various tables 
throughout the bulletin and represent in each case the implement, 
size, and crew in most common use. 
Table II. — Summary of operations, implements, crews, and acreages reported most 
frequently by hill farmers of Louisiana (677 reports). 
Operation. 
Implement or 
method. 
Size. 
Fur- 
rows. 
Men. 
Mules. 
Acres 
per day. 
Cutting stalks 
By hand 
2 
2 
2 
1 
2 
1 
2 
1 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 
2 
4 
2 
2 
1 
2 
1 
2 
1 
1 
1 
2 
i" 
1 
1 
i" 
i" 
i 
3.65 
Do 
Stalk cutter 
Walking plow 
..do 
7.75 
Flat breaking 
10 inches 
1.65 
Do 
2.11 
Laying off rows 
Shovel cultivator . 
Middle buster 
7.46 
Breaking middles 
do 
1 
1 
1 
2 
2 
4 
6 
2 
4 
7.74 
Do 
Shovel cultivator. . 
Middle buster 
3-foot row 
7.18 
Bedding 
3i-foot row 
!..do 
6.69 
Do 
3.52 
Do 
do 
3.96 
Do... 
...do 
3 J-foot row 
1 64 
Do 
....do 
1.18 
Rebedding 
.do. . 
...do 
3.88 
Do 
do 
do 
1.88 
Broadcast harrowing 
Disk 
6 to 8 feet 
5.43 
Do : 
do 
.do 
11.64 
Do 
Spike tooth 
8 feet 
12.00 
Do... 
7|feet... 
12 50 
Harrowing beds 
Spike tooth 
do 
4 feet... . 
7.87 
Do 
...do 
8.11 
Do 
6 feet 
13. 07 
Do 
....do 
6£feet... 
13.49 
Do 
3^-foot row 
6.98 
Do 
..do 
7.06 
Planting cotton 
Planter 
6.85 
Scraping cotton 
3?,-foot row 
1. .do 
2 
3.34 
Chopping cotton 
.97 
Hoeing cotton 
.do . 
1.38 
Cultivating cotton 
Cultivator 
do 
do 
...do 
1 
2 
6.75 
Do 
3.48 
Cultivating cotton middles 
do 
do 
6.97 
Planting corn 
7.45 
Do 
Planter 
7 42 
Covering corn 
8.00 
Barring off corn 
.do 
1 
1 
3 77 
Cultivating corn 
...do 
7 SO 
Do 
do 
do 
2< 7. 17 
