40 BULLETIN 1181, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
SORGHUM FOR FACTORY. 
The labor of growing a crop of sorghum that is to be made up in a 
factory is just the same as for that made up at home, but differs 
greatly from harvest time on. (Fig. 39.) Cutting and hauling 
are the only operations that the farmer is concerned with after the 
crop is laid by. There is much less conflict with cotton in raising 
the crop for the factory than in making it up at home. 
NUMBER 
OF 
DAYS 
CO 
MONTHS 
JAN. FEB. MAR. APR HAY JUNE JULY AUG. SEPT. OCT NOV DEC. 
NUMBER 
OF 
DAYS 
eo 
MAN L 
S3 
ABOR 
DAYS 
■ 
60 
• • 
■ 
■ 
eo 
70 
■ 
70 
60 
■ 
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• 
■ 
eo 
BO 
■ ■ 
30 
40 
40 
SO 
■ ■ 
30 
£0 
20 
10 
10 
50 
HO 
RSE 
62 
LA 
DA 
3GR 
YS 
■ 
50 
40 
■ 
40 
30 
30 
20 
20 
10 
■ 
I 
m 
m 
m 
i 
IO 
Fig. 39.— Labor on 10 acres of 
sorghum for factory, Sebastian 
County. 
Conditions— Same as preceding 
except the cane is cut and loaded 
on wagon without stripping or 
topping; distance to factory 2 
miles; seed and fertilizer same as 
preceding. 
Prepare 
and plant. 
Culti- 
vate. 
Hoe. 
Cut. 
Haul. 
Total. 
Before 
harvest. 
Harvest 
and haul. 
Man days 
13 
26 
9 
16 
10 

11 

10 
20 
53 
62 
32 
42 
21 
20 
