LABOR REQUIREMENTS OF ARKANSAS CROPS. 
33 
Fig. 31.— Labor on 10 acres of 
imiskmelons, Hempstead 
County. 
Conditions: Sandy, upland soil; 
southwest Arkansas; region of 
small farms operated by white 
farmers; preparation mostly with 
two-horse teams; manure, 6 tons 
per acre, apphedin March; ferti- 
lizer, 250 to 500 pounds per acre; 
cultivation with one-horse im- 
plements; less hoeing than in 
Crawford County; packing done 
at association sheds as piecework 
and notincluded here; yield, K0 
crates per acre; distance to haul. 4 
to5miles;seed,lJto'2poundsper 
acre; planted in April; harvested 
in July and August. 
NUMBER 
OF 
DAYS 
90 
MONTHS 
JAN. FEB. MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG. SEPT OCT NOV DEC 
NUMBER 
OF 
DArs 
90 
MAN LABOR 
U5 DAYS - 
60 
- - 
eo 
70 
- 
' 
■ " 
■ 
70 
60 
■ " 
eo 
SO 
- 
so 
40 
40 
30 
JlO 
20 
L 
2 3 
IO 
IO 
50 
HO 
RSE 
95 
LA 
DA 
30B 
YS 
SO 
40 
• 
- 
40 
30 
30 
20 
. 
20 
IO 
IO 
© 
Prepare. 
manure, 
and 
plant. 
Culti- 
vate. 
Hoe. 
Pick. 
Haul. 
Miscel- 
laneous. 
Total. 
Before 
harvest. 
Harvest. 
Man days 
32 
" 37 
22 
22 
10 

20 

18 
36 
13 

115 
95 
77 
59 
38 
Horse days 
36 
WATERMELONS. 
The melon chart for Crawford County shows a peak load of labor in 
March, whereas the Hempstead County chart does not. (Figs. 32 and 
33.) The difference is the result of the practice of using manure in the 
first case and commercial fertilizer in the the second case. The greater 
work of harvesting in Hempstead County is explained by a haul of 3 
miles compared with a haul of 1J miles in Crawford County. 
One advantage of the watermelon crop is that it can be harvested 
in August, which is the idle month on most farms. 
