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BULLETIN 1181, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
WHEAT. 
Wheat is grown in considerable quantity only in the northern 
part of the State. The first wheat chart shows the labor on wheat 
that is planted on oat stubble land and the second shows it following 
a crop of cowpeas. (Figs. 16 and 17.) A third chart might show 
the labor on wheat that follows a corn crop according to the custom 
followed in Maryland or Kentucky, but it would be similar to the 
second chart. It is evident that the month in which land is prepared 
for wheat depends on the crop that precedes wheat. If the pre- 
ceding crop is oats it is highly desirable to break the oat stubble as 
early as possible, as has been shown by numerous tests conducted 
in Kansas and Missouri. 
The charts assume the method of cutting wheat with a binder and 
threshing it from the shock. If the wheat is first stacked or housed 
in barns it will require more labor than the chart shows, and the 
work of threshing may occur any time in late summer, fall or even 
in the winter. 
NUMBER 
OF 
DAYS 
JAN. FEB MAR APR 
MONTHS 
MAY JUNE JULY AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV DEC 
NUMBER 
DAYS 
45 
M> 
W L 
164 
ASC 
DA' 
>R 
rs 
43 
40 
40 
33 
■ 
33 
30 
■ 
30 
23 
■ 
■ 
29 
20 
■ 
20 
13 
13 
10 
10 
6 
■ 
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~^ 
™ 
3 
25 
HO 
RSE 
34 
LA 
BOR 
YS 
29 
20 
, 
20 
IS 
19 
10 
r 
10 
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m 
m 
r 
, 
9 
Fig. 16. Labor on 10 acres of 
wheat after oats, northwest 
Arkansas. 
Conditions.— Sand 3' loam to silt 
loam soils; northwestern part of 
State; region of moderate sized 
farms operated by white farmers; 
preparation mostly with three- 
horse teams; harvested with 
binder; threshed from shock; 
assumed yield, 15 bushels per 
acre; breaking of oat stubble in 
July and August; seed, 1 to 1J 
bushels per acre; planted in 
October; harvested in June; 
threshed in July. 
Prepare 
and plant. 
Cut and 
shock. 
Thresh. 
Total. 
Before 
harvest. 
Harvest. 
Man days 9§ 
3 
3 
. 4 
4 
16§ 
34 
9i 
27" 
7 
Horse days 27 
7 
