LABOR REQUIREMENTS OF ARKANSAS CROP?. 
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CANNERY TOMATOES. 
Practically no early tomatoes are grown in Arkansas as a market 
crop, at least none were grown when these data were gathered, but 
there is a considerable industry in growing tomatoes for cannery 
purposes. (Figure 29.) The early crop is staked and pruned but 
the cannerv crop requires neither operation. 
In the chart, preparation is shown as beginning in January, but it 
may varv from December to April. The peak loads of labor come 
in May when the plants are set out and in September at the height of 
the harvest. 
Fig. 29.— Labor on 10 acres of 
cannery tomatoes, northwest 
Arkansas. 
Conditions. — Sandy loam soil: 
northwest Arkansas: region of 
medium sized farms operated by 
white farmers: preparation most- 
ly with two-horse teams: fertil- 
ized by hand; cultivation with 
both one and two horse imple- 
ments. Plants are set in May: 
harvest begins in August and 
ends in early October; yield. 5 
tons or 166 bushels per acre : dis- 
tance to market 4 to 5 miles: 
plants. 3,400 to 3,600 per acre: 
fertilizer. 150 to 200 pounds per 
acre. Canneries furnish crates. 
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