LABOR REQUIREMENTS OE ARKANSAS CROPS. 5 
At the beginning of the year 1914 the writer obtained estimates 
of labor on cotton and corn from 29 farmers in Faulkner County, 
Ark., and then asked the same farmers to keep labor records. These 
farmers were visited once a month and the records were inspected 
and collected. Table 1. which is a comparison of the data secured by 
the two methods, shows that the difference between the results is too 
small to influence in any way the conclusions drawn. 
Table 1. — Labor per acre on cotton and corn. 
Records. 
Estimates. 
Difference. 
Man-days per acre: 
Cotton 
9.80 
4.7v 
6.05 
5.39 
10.14 
4.44 
5.76 
5.22 
Per cent. 
-3.5 
Corn 
-7.1 
Horse-da vs per acre: 
Cotton 
-4.8 
Corn 
-3.2 
CONSTRUCTION OF CHARTS. 
ASSUMED YIELDS. 
Since the amount of labor expended in harvesting a crop depends, 
in great measure, on the yield per acre, it is necessary to assume 
certain yields for the purpose of making these charts uniform. (See 
Table 2.) These yields are a little larger than average yields for all 
crops except hay, for which a yield of 1 ton per acre is assumed, 
for all kinds except Bermuda, red clover, and alfalfa hay. 
Table 2. — Assumed crop yields per acre. 
Crop. Yield. 
Crop. 
Yield. 
Cotton (seed cotton) pounds.. 
Corn bushels. . 
Corn silage tons. . 
Peanuts bushels. . 
Soy-bean seed do 
Wheat do 
Oats do.... 
Red clover, 2 cuttings tons. . 
Alfalfa, 5 cuttings do 
Bermuda hay, 2 cuttings do 
Other hay, 1* cutting do 
Cannery "tomatoes do 
Cantaloupes crates. . 
Watermelons tons 
600 
25 
6 
25 
12-15 
15 
30 
1§ 
2 
1 
5 
100 
8 
100 
Early potatoes bushels. . 
[ Second crop potatoes do 
1 Cucumbers do 
' Grapes tons . . 
Peaches bushels. . 
Apples do 
Sorghum molasses gallons. . 
Sorghum cane for factory tons. . 
Blackberries " crates. . 
Strawberries do 
Cherries do 
Keiffer pears bushels. . 
Radishes barrels. . 
Rice bushels. . 
100 
50 
150 
2 
100 
150 
100 
6 
70 
60 
100 
200 
60 
50 
Sweet potatoes bushels. . 
If the yield of a crop is larger or smaller than the assumed yields, 
the labor of harvesting will be greater or less than the tables show 
and in a proportion which can be estimated nearly enough for 
practical purposes. The labor of harvesting is given separately 
with each chart. 
In using the labor data of this bulletin, allowance should be made 
for abnormal conditions of weather, soil, and topography. The 
figures are for average weather condition and soils, and for fand free 
from stumps and large stones. The extent of modification for these 
factors must be left to the judgment of the man on the ground. 
