LABOR REQUIREMENTS OF ARKANSAS CROPS. 9 
Table 3.— Labor requirements on 10 acres of various crops by months — Continued. 
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Strawberries— Continued. 
Bearing, Washington Coun- 
ty- 
300 
20 
10 
10 
2 
2 
14 
10 
10 
8 
13 
7 
3 
3 
3J 
1310 
L. 
30 
Timothy, first year, Clay County: 
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12 
7 
2 
3 
11 
12 
4 
4 
4 
5 
1 
2 
22 
10 
24 
20 
30 
30 
4 
12 
8 
18 
41 
18 
1 
1 
2 
5 
11 
6 
24 
38 
Tomatoes, cannery, Washington 
County: 
2 
4 
2 
4 
3 
6 
2 
2 
3 
6 
6 
3 
3 
3 
22 
13 
9 
8 
6 
7 
131 
3 IS 
82 
Watermelons: 
Crawford County— 
75 
6 
4 
8 
20 
4 
5 
73 
77 
78 
Hempstead County- 
Wheat : 
After oats, Washington 
County- 
3 
9 
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4* 
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5 
15* 
16} 
34 
After cowpeas, Clay Coun- 
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Man labor 
14 
Horse labor 
29 
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1 The charts for these crops show the labor data for 1 acre instead of 10 acres 
COTTON. 
The five cotton charts for Columbia, Crawford, Pulaski, Chicot and 
Mississippi Counties have strong resemblances and minor differences. 
(See Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5). There is a peak load of man labor in 
May and June, an idle time in August, and another peak load in the 
fall. The peak load in May and June is much higher for the alluvial 
bottom lands, where the large plantations are located and where negro 
labor is used than on the uplands where cotton is raised by white 
farmers on small farms. Tne amount of hoe work is shown by 
shaded areas on the Chicot County cotton chart, and it would appear 
similar on the Pulaski and Mississippi County charts if shown separ- 
ately. The large amount of work for this one operation is very sig- 
nificant. It is expensive and cuts down the area that one hand or 
one family can handle. 
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