LABOR REQUIREMENTS OF ARKANSAS CROPS. 
39 
SORGHUM SIRUP. 
When sorghum is made into sirup at home a large amount of 
work is required which usually has its peak load in September but 
may come earlier or later according to the date of planting and the 
variety grown. (Fig. 38.) If the crop is harvested and made up 
in August, a conflict with cotton picking is avoided but the yield is 
lighter with the early varieties. From the labor standpoint cotton 
and sorghum for sirup do not fit well together. 
Fig. 38.— Labor on 10 acres of 
sorghum for sirup and made 
up at home, Sebastian County. 
Conditions.— Sandy loam to 
silt loam soils; western part of 
"State; white farmers; medium 
sized farms; preparation and 
cultivation with two-horse im- 
Elements; length of haul from 
eld to grinder one-fourth mile; 
yield, 6 tons of cane per acre or 
100 gallons of sirup per acre; 
crew of four men and two horses 
make up 80 gallons per day 
work of hauling wood for cooking 
not included; 1 cord of good wood 
makes about 100 gallons of sirup; 
a medium early variety is as- 
sumed; a late variety would 
be made up in September and 
October; 800 to 1,000 pounds of 
tops per acre are also obtained; 
saed, 3 pounds per acre; fertilizer, 
250 to 500 pounds per acre;planted 
about first of May; harvested in 
late August and September. 
NUMBER 
OF 
DAYS 
90 
MONTHS 
JAN. FEB. MAR. APR. MAY JUNE JULY AUG. SEPT. OCT NOV DEC. 
NUMBER 
or 
DAYS 
90 
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VS 
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■ 
60 
BO 
70 
i 
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• 
70 
60 
60 
SO 
• 
SO 
40 
40 
30 
30 
20 
■ ■ 
20 
10 
OB 
BH 
■ 
i 
d 
11 
io 
50 
HO 
RSE 
82 
LA 
DA 
30R 
YS 
SO 
40 
■ 
■ 
40 
30 
30 
SO 
20 
$ 
10 
Pre- 
pare 
and 
plant. 
Culti- 
vate. 
Hoe. 
Strip. 
Cut. 
Top. 
Haul. 
Make 
up. 
Total. 
Before 
har- 
vest. 
Har- 
vest 
and 
make 
up. 
Man days... 
Horse days. 
13 
26 
9 
16 
10 

31£ 

11 

10 

7§ 
15 
50 
25 
142 
82 
32 
42 
110 
40 
