LABOR REQUIREMENTS OE ARKANSAS CROPS. 
13 
CORN. 
There are eight corn charts, five of which are for early-planted corn 
that is harvested by snapping the ears from the standing stalks. (See 
Figs. 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10.) These are for the counties of Columbia, 
Washington, Pulaski, Chicot, and Mississippi. One is for late corn 
or second-crop corn following small grain in Pulaski County, har- 
vested by the same method. (Fig. 11.) One is for corn silage in 
Washington County and one is for early corn in Washington County 
that is cut, shocked, and shucked by hand. (Figs. 12 and 13.) 
It will be noticed that the peak load of horse labor on early-planted 
corn is in March in all counties except Washington, where it is in 
April. This difference is due to a difference in latitude and altitude. 
Corn and cotton require labor at the same time, at least until the 
corn is laid by. The farmer can not increase the acreage of one with- 
out decreasing the acreage of the other. They are partly competi- 
tive and partly supplementary in their demands for labor. 
Fig.6.— Labor on lOacres of earl v 
corn, Columbia County. 
Conditions.— Light, sandy, up- 
land soils: southwestern part of 
State; region of small farms oper- 
ated by white farmers; prepara- 
tion partly by one and partly by 
two-horse implements; 'cultiva- 
tion nearly all with one-horse 
implements; hoeing light: as- 
sumed yield, 25 bushels per acre: 
method of harvesting, snapping 
the ears from the standing stalks; 
seed, 6 to 8 pounds per acre: fer- 
tilizer, 100 to 150 pounds per acre; 
planted in February, March, and 
early April; harvested in Octo- 
ber. 
NUMBER 
or 
DAYS 
43 
MONTHS 
JAR FEB. MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV DEC 
NUMBER 
OF 
DAYS 
45 
1 
m; 
^N L 

ABC 
R 
rS - 
40 
- ■ 
- 
- 
• • 
40 
33 
• 
• 
• 
35 
30 
• 
30 
25 
25 
20 
■ 
- 
20 
13 
- 
- 
- 
15 
10 
• - 
• 
• - 
io 
m 
■ 
II 
■ 
■ 
■ 
3 
2S 
HC 
RSE 
3S 1 - 
LA 
i DA 
YS 
29 
20 
20 
13 
15 
10 
• 
r 
to 
#' 
1 
1 
1 
1 
■ 
I 
S 
Man days... 
Horse days. 
j Prepare 
and plant. 
Cultivate. 
® 
Hoe. 
Harvest. 
5J 
Total. 
Before 
harvest. 
28 
33* 
Harvest. 
