LABOR REQUIREMENTS OF ARKANSAS CROPS. 
17 
Fig. 13.-— Labor on 10 acres of 
early corn; cut, shocked, and 
shucked by hand, Washington 
County. 
Conditions.— Same as for pre- 
ceding chart except in method of 
harvesting the crop; assumed 
yield, 25 bushels per acre; seed, 
6 to 8 pounds per acre; cut in 
earlv September; shucked and 
hauled in October and November. 
NUMBER 
OF 
DAYS 
45 
MONTHS 
JAN. FE0. MAR APR. MAY JUNE Jlfl-Y AUG. SOT. OCT, NOV. DEC 
NUMKft 
mr 
DAYS 
45 
-■II -^11 II 
MAN LABOR 
51 DAYS 
. 
40 
40 
as 
35 
30 
30 
23 
■ 
23 
20 
20 
IS 
• 
18 
10 
io 
s 
ll 
9 
■I 
Ifll 
p9 
m 
25 
HO 
RSE 
55 
LABOR 
DAYS 
25 
20 
20 
19 
IS 
10 
■ 
■ 
to 
$ 
inn 
■ 
■ 
8 
Prepare 
land plant. 
Cultivate. 
Hoe. 
Cut and 
shock. 
Shuck 
and haul. 
Total. 
Before 
harvest. 
Harvest. 
Man days i 11 
11 
21 
3 

9 

17 
9 
51 
55 
25 
46 
26 
9 
The total amount of horse labor on cotton is only slightly larger 
than on corn, but the large amount of man labor on cotton tends to 
restrict the cotton acreage below what the horse can really tend, 
whereas with corn the acreage can be all that the horses can tend 
without overburdening the men. In actual practice, therefore, the 
corn farmer can handle 50 to 100 per cent more acres than the cotton 
farmer, assuming the same equipment of men and teams. His smaller 
income per acre is compensated by his larger acreage. 
With regard to the seasonal distribution of labor on corn, the charts 
show only the early-planted corn and June corn following a crop of 
small grain. As corn can be planted at any date between these 
limits, the seasonal distribution of labor would be governed by the 
date of planting and would be like that for early-planted corn or like 
that for June corn, according as the preparation is done in a hurry or 
is extended over considerable time. The later corn is planted the 
fewer the number of cultivations given. No work is assumed for 
marketing corn because it is usually fed at home, and even when it is 
marketed the time is not fixed. 
53503°— 24— Bull. 1181 3 
