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BULLETIN 1181, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
NUMBER 
OP 
DAYS 
MONTHS 
JAN. FEB. MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG. SEPT. OCT NOV DEC. 
NUMBER 
OF 
DAYS 
45 
M 
4N l 
94 
ABI 
DA 
3R 
45 
40 
40 
35 
35 
30 
30 
29 
- 
25 
20 
■ 
li 
20 
15 
m 
11 
13 
10 
■ 
10 
5 
■ 
I 
5 
— O — 

UK 
■ 
■ 
■ 
H 
H 
91 
Jr 
— O — 
25 
HO 
RSE 
43 
LA 
DA 
JOfi 
YS 
25 
20 
• 
20 
15 
15 
10 
10 
6 
■ 
■I 
5 
g 
In 
EliBH 
Fig. 1.— Labor on iO acres of 
cotton, Columbia County. 
Conditions— Light, sandy, up- 
land soils; southwestern part of 
State: region of small farms oper- 
ated by white people; prepara- 
tion of land partly two-horse 
work and partly one-horse work; 
cultivation one-horse work; hoe- 
ing light; cotton picked out early; 
crops raised with less work than 
on other soils; assumed yield, 600 
pounds seed cotton per acre; 
seed, 1 to 1{ bushels per acre: fer- 
tilizer, 150 to 250 pounds per acre; 
planted in late March. April and 
early May: harvested in Septem- 
ber, October and November. 
Prepare 
and plant. 
Man days . . 
Horse days. 
Cultivate. Hoe 
Pick. 
Haul. 
Total. 
Before 
harvest. 
Harvest 
and haul. 
43 i 
38" 
Man labor, except contract work, 46 days. 
NUMBER 
OF 
DAYS 
MONTHS 
JAN. FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG. SEPT OCT NOV OEC 
NUMBEf 
OF 
DAYS 
45 
m 
tN L 
95 
ABC 
DA 
rs - 
45 
40 
40 
35 
35 
30 
30 
25 
■ 
■ 
25 
20 
1 
20 
15 
m 
1 
15 
10 
■ 
i 
10 
— o — 
25 
E9 
m 
■ 
11 
■ 
§ 
11 
■ 
I 
^o 
RSE 
55 
LA 
DA 
30R 
VS 
> 
25 
20 
20 
15 
: 
15 
10 
H 
HI 
SI 
> 
IO 
® 
a 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
■ 
ia 
5 
Fig. 2.— Labor on 10 acres of cot- 
ton, Crawford County. 
Conditions.— Sandy upland soils 
but not so sandy as'in Columbia 
County; northwestern part of 
State; region of smallfarms oper- 
ated by white farmers: prepara- 
tion mostly with two-horse teams; 
cultivation with two-horse teams; 
hoeing a little more than in Co- 
lumbia County; picking a little 
later than in Columbia: man 
labor about the same as in Colum- 
bia but horse labor greater; 
assumed yield, 600 pounds seed 
cotton per acre; seed, 1 to l\ 
bushels per acre; fertilizer, 100 to 
150 pounds per acre; planted in 
Apnl and early May; harvested 
from September to December, in- 
clusive. 
Prepare 
and plant. 
Cultivate. 
Hoe. 
Pick. 
Haul. 
Total. 
Before 
harvest. 
Harvest 
and haul. 
12 
23 
12$ 
2o 
19 

48 

f 
95 
55 
43J 
48 
514 
Horse davs 
7 
Man labor, except contract work, -17 days. 
