LABOR REQUIREMENTS OF ARKANSAS CROPS. 
19 
SOY BEANS FOR SEED. 
The soy-bean crop is now grown only to a limited extent, but it 
promises to become much more important. (Fig. 15) Soy beans are 
raised extensively for hog feed interplanted with corn, but they are 
also raised alone for seed and harvested with a machine of the North 
Carolina type. The seed crop is planted in May and harvested in 
September. The variety is the Mammoth Yellow. The crop can be 
planted at a later date, hence the labor may come later than is shown 
in the chart. If the crop is hogged down there willl be no work in 
harvesting except that of looking after the hogs. 
Fig. 15.— Labor on 10 acres of 
soy beans for seed, Ashley 
County. 
Conditions— Sandy loam and 
silt loam soil; southern part of 
State: large farms; preparation 
mostly with two-horse teams; 
cultivation with one-horse imple- 
ments; harvested with machine 
stripper, North Carolina style; 
assumed yield, 10 to 15 bushels 
per acre; seed, 25 to 35 pounds per 
acre: Mammoth Yellow variety: 
planted in May; harvested in 
September. 
NUMBER 
OF 
DAYS 
JAN FEB MAR APR 
MONTHS 
MAY JUNE JULY AUG. 
SEPT. OCT. NOV DEC 
NUMBER 
OF 
DAYS 
43 
M 
AN | 
2? 
.AB< 
DA 
:>R 
45 
40 
' 
40 
35 
• 
• ' 
■ ' 
35 
30 
30 
25 
■ ' 
29 
20 
20 
15 
" - 
• 
13 
10 
' 
10 
5 
' 
■ 
" 
■ 
5 
25 
HO 
RSE 
30 
LA 
DA 
3 OR 
YS 
■ 
25 
20 
• ' 
20 
15 
15 
10 
■ 
IO 
^ 
1 
1 
■ 
■ 
■ 
5 
Prepare 
andplant. 
Cultivate. 
Harvest. 
Total. 
Before 
harvest. 
Harvest. 
Man davs 
11 
20 
6 
6 
4 
4 
21 
30 
17 
26 
4 
Horse davs. ... 
4 
The data for this chart were obtained from W .R. Rich ,who is the agriculturist of the Crossett Lumber 
Co., in Ashley County. 
