LABOR REQUIKEMENTS OF ARKANSAS CROPS. 
41 
CONCORD GRAPES. 
The two striking features in the grape chart (fig. 40) are the peak 
load of labor in August and the large amount of man labor in the 
winter months compared with the small amount of horse labor. 
August is the month of harvest, whereas the winter months and 
March show the work of pruning and tying. 
The fact that August is a comparatively idle month in the South 
makes it profitable to grow some grapes even if only for home use. 
As a commercial crop grapes are not of great importance, but the 
establishment of a grape-juice factory at Springdale is stimulating 
the industry in northwest Arkansas and is encouraging it in other 
parts of the State. There is no reason why a cotton planter could 
not operate a vineyard as a supplementary enterprise, but it would 
be a matter of growth to get men trained to do the work properly. 
Fig. 40.— Labor on 10 acres of 
Concord grapes, northwestern 
Arkansas. 
Conditions.— Gravelly soil: 
northwest Arkansas; region of 
small farms; most of the work 
from November to March in- 
clusive is pruning and tying: 
harvest in August, when there is 
little other work; rows, 10 feet 
apart; plants, 7 to 8feetin row; 
fertilizer, not generally used but 
probably should be; spray ma- 
terials — 18 pounds copper sul- 
phate, 18 pounds arsenate of 
lead, and 75 pounds of lime per 
acre: data of this chart obtained 
from members of an Italian 
colony at Tontitown; Americans 
would probably perform the 
work in at least one-third less 
time than the figures show. 
NUMBER 
OF 
DAYS 
90 
JAN FEB MAR APR 
MONTHS 
MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT. OCT NOV. DEC 
NUMBER 
OF 
DAYS 
90 
M 
1 
217 
I ;: 
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DAYS 
!j 
i 
SO 
1 
■ 
SO 
70 
> - 
70 
60 
■ 
- 
1 
60 
50 
1 
SO 
40 
40 
30 
■ 
' 
• 
30 
20 
■ 
20 
1 
■■ 
■ 
_ 
■ ' 
119 
m 
30P 
V S 
■ ■ 
■ ■ 
so 
HO 
RSE 
76 
LA 
DA 
! 
50 
40 
40 
30 
> 
30 
20 
' 
20 
mi 
lO 
Prune, 
tie, 
etc. 
Spray. 
Culti- 
vate. 
Hoe. 
Gather 
and 
pack. 
Market. 
Miscel- 
laneous. 
Total. 
Before 
har- 
vest. 
Harvest 
and 
market. 
Man days 
Horse days 
68 
2 
20 
11 
20 
27 
8 

75 
1 
17 
34 
9 
1 
217 
76 
125 
41 
92 
35 
