LABOR REQUIREMENT? OF ARKANSAS CROPS. 
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The total work of picking is the same in all charts: 48 days' work 
for picking 6.000 pounds of seed cotton on 10 acres of ground, or at 
the rate of 125 pounds per hand per day. The distribution of the 
work varies from the Columbia County chart, which shows that 
most of the cotton is picked in September and October, to the Pulaski 
County chart, which shows some picking as late as January. The 
rate of picking varies with the variety and condition of the cotton 
and with the skill of the pickers, and it may be shifted several weeks 
later than normal by reason of rainy weather. However, the charts 
are believed to represent normal conditions. 
Fur. 3.— Labor on 10 acre? of cot- 
ton, Pulaski County. 
titkms. — Sandy loam, al- 
luvial soil in valley'of Arkansas 
Kiver: central part of State: 
region of large plantations oper- 
ated with negro labor; two-horse 
teams used in preparation: culti- 
vation mainly with two-horse 
cultivators: hoeing more than 
double that of Colombia County; 
horse labor about the same as in 
Crawford County, but man labor 
much greater: assumed yield, 600 
pounds of seed cotton "per acre ; 
iced. 1 to 1^ bushels per acre: 
planted in April and early May ; 
harvested from September to 
January, inclusive. 
NUMBER 
OF 
DAYS 
45 
MONTHS 
JAt FEB. HAR AJ* MAY JUffi JULY AUG. SEPT OCT NOV DCC 
or 
DAYS 
43 
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Prepare 
and plant. 
Cultivate. 
Hoe. 
Pick. ! 
Haul. 
Total. 
Before 
harvest. 
Harvest 
and haul 
10 
16 
29 
34 

48 
1 
3 
6 
Ill 
55 
60 
49 
51 
20 
6 
Man labor, except contract work, 63 days. 
The horse labor on cotton runs along almost uniformly from the 
time work starts in the winter or early spring until the crop is laid 
by in July or August, but there is very little for the rest of the year. 
The work of hauling cotton to the gin or market is small. With a 
yield of 600 pounds of seed cotton per acre, a team hauls the product 
of 2\ acres on one load and can easily haul more as far as weight is 
concerned. 
