LABOR REQUIREMENTS OF ARKANSAS CROPS. 
37 
POTATOES. 
The southern farmer can and often does grow two crops of potatoes 
on the same land in one year, and this is the practice among the 
commercial growers in Sebastian County and around Judsonia in 
White County. (Fig. 36.) This does not mean that they are grown 
in successive years on the same land. 
The peak load of labor for the first crop is in June and for the 
second crop in November. The yield of potatoes is not so large in 
the South as in the North, but the possibility of raising a second crop, 
for which prices are always good, is a consideration worth mention. 
Fig. 36.— Labor on 10 acres of 
early potatoes followed by a 
second crop of potatoes, Sebas- 
tian County. 
Condit ion s. —Sandy loam, up- 
land soil; western part of State; 
region of white farmers with 
medium-sized farms; prepara- 
tion with two and three horse im- 
plements; fertilizer applied at 
rate of 600 to 800 pounds per acre 
to first crop: cultivation with 
one and two horse implements; 
early crop planted in February 
and March, harvested in June; 
late crop planted in July and 
August, harvested in November. 
First crop hauled to market 4 or 
5 miles away; second crop stored 
at home; solid black represents 
early crop and shaded area shows 
the late crop; assumed, yield. 100 
bushels per acre for first crop; 
second crop, 50 bushels per acre; 
seed, 8 to 12 bushels per acre for 
each crop; arsenate of lead or 
Paris green, 1 to 3 pounds per 
acre. 
Cut 
seed. 
Pre- 
pare, 
fertil- 
ize, and 
plant. 
Culti- 
vate. 
Hoe. 
Spray. 
Har- 
vest. 
Mar- 
ket. 
Total. 
Before 
har- 
vest. 
Har- 
vest 
and 
mar- 
ket. 
Man davs 
6 

15 
26 
13 
21 
2 

2 
2 
25 
5 
10 
20 
73 
74 
38 
49 
35 
Horse davs 
25 
LATE POTATOES. 
Cut seed. 
Prepare, 
fertilize, 
and 
plant. 
Culti- 
vate. 
Harvest 
and 
store. 
Total. 
Before 
har- 
vest. 
Harvest 
and 
store. 
Man davs 
6 
14 
24 
10 
16 
25 
10 
55 
50 
30 
40 
25 
Horse days 

10 
Total on both crops; 128 man days and 124 horse days. 
