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BULLETIN 1181, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
NUMBER 
or 
DAYS 
43 
MONTHS 
JAN. FEB. MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC 
NUMBER 
OF 
DAYS 
43 
Mi 
kN L 
3 1 
■ 
ABC 
DA^ 
r 
>R 
r'S 
40 
40 
33 
• 
33 
30 
30 
29 
23 
20 
20 
13 
IS 
10 
io 
m 
■ 
■ 
| 
■ 
s 
29 
HO 
RSE 
5 2 
LA 
DA 
30R 
YS 
25 
20 
20 
IS 
13 
10 
1 
10 
4 
1 
1 
111 
an 
m 
5 
Fig . 7.— Labor on lOacres of early 
corn, Washington County. 
Conditions.— Sandy loam to silt 
loam ; northwestern part of State; 
region of comparatively small 
farms operated bv white farmers; 
preparation partly with two- 
horse and partly with three-horse 
teams; cultivation mostly with 
two-horse cultivators; "hoeing 
light; assumed yield, 25 bushels 
per acre; man labor less than in 
Columbia, but horse labor much 
greater: method of harvesting, 
snapping the ears from the 
standing stalks; seed, 6 to 8 
pounds per acre; planted in 
April; harvested in October and 
November. 
Prepare 
and plant. 
Cultivate. 
Hoe. Harvest. | Total. 
Before 
harvest. 
Harvest. 
Man days. . . 
Horse days . 
NUMBER 
OF 
DAYS 
45 
MONTHS 
JAN. FE8. MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV DEC. 
NUMBER 
OF 
DAYS 
45 
My 
*N 1 
37 
ABC 
DA 
>R 
rs 
40 
■ 
' 
40 
39 
33 
SO 
30 
29 
23 
20 
20 
IS 
• 
IS 
10 
• 
10 
e 
■ 
■ 
■ 
il 
■ 
1 
5 
25 
HO 
RSE 
51 
LA 
DA 
30R 
YS 
29 
20 
' 
20 
IB 
15 
10 
■ 
10 
^_ 
■ 
1 
1 
11 
■ 
■ 
9 
Fig. 8.— Labor on 10 acres of early 
corn, Pulaski County. 
Conditions.— Sandy loam, allu- 
vial soil in the valley of the Ar- 
kansas River; central part of 
State; region of large plantations 
operated with negro labor; two 
and three horse teams used in 
preparation; two-horse teams, 
mainly, in cultivation; hoeing 
nearly three-fourths of a day per 
acre; horse labor about the same 
as in Washington, but man labor 
greater; assumed yields, 25 bush- 
els per acre; method of harvest- 
ing, snapping the ears from the 
standing stalk; seed, 6 to 8 
pounds per acre; planted in late 
March and early April; har- 
vested in October. 
Prepare 
and plant. 
Cultivate. 
Hoe. 
Harvest. 
Total. 
Before 
harvest. 
Harvest, 
Man days 
13 
28 
10 
18 
7 
o 
7 
5 
37 
51 
30 
46 
7 
5 
