LABOR REQUIREMENTS OF ARKANSAS CROPS. 
35 
SWEET POTATOES. 
The sweet-potato charts for Columbia and Washington Counties are 
similar except for the larger amount of work required in the latter 
county. (Figs. 34 and 35.) This is entirely a matter of soil. The 
soil in Columbia County is light and sandy which makes all operations 
easier, especially setting out the plants and harvesting the crop. 
Fig. 34.— Labor on 10 acres of 
sweet potatoes, Columbia 
County. 
Conditions.— Light, sandy, up- 
land soil; southwestern part of 
State; white farmers; small 
farms; preparation partly with 
one-horse and partly with two- 
horse implements; cultivation 
with one-horse implements; slips 
planted by hand; yield, 100 bush- 
els per acre; distance to market 
4 to 5 miles; 300 to 400 pounds of 
commercial fertilizer used per 
acre; total man labor about the 
same as cotton, horse labor great- 
er; potatoes plowed out and 
picked up by hand; seed, 4 to 5 
bushels per acre or 6,000 to 10,000 
plants per acre; planted in May 
and June; harvested in October. 
NUMBER 
Of 
DAYS 
90 
MONTHS 
JAN FEB MAR APR MAT JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC 
NUMBER 
OF 
DAYS 
90 
M> 
1 
IN L 
94 
ABC 
DA 
YS - 
80 
BO 
70 
■ 
> ■ 
- 
L 
70 
60 
■ 
- 
- ■ 
60 
50 
• 
5, 
40 
_ 
40 
30 
30 
20 
. 
a 
1 
20 
10 
■B 
m 
Il 
Wk 
1 
IO 
50 
HC 
RSE 
S3 
LA 
DA 
30R 
YS 
SO 
40 
■ 
40 
30 
30 
20 
■ 
20 
,-JO 
1 
IO 
Prepara- 
tion. 
Plant. 
Culti- 
vate. 
Hoe. 
Dig and 
crate. 
Haul. 
Total. 
Before 
harvest. 
Harvest 
and 
market. 
Man days 
19 
27 
',* 
10 
10 
9 

28 
5 
10* 
21 
94 
63 
55* 
37 
38* 
26 
Horse days 
