LABOR REQUIREMENTS OF ARKANSAS CROPS. 
49 
KIEFFER PEARS. 
Pears blight badly in the Southern States and they blight more 
when cultivated and highly fertilized than when left in sod with 
little or no fertilization. The crop requires little work, therefore, 
except at harvest time. (Fig. 48.) Some farmers clip the grass and 
weeds in the orchard and some do not. 
Fig. 48.— Labor on 1 acre of 
Kieffer pears, Sebastian 
County. 
Conditions,— This chart is based 
on the work of a 6-acre orchard in 
Sebastian County; trees about 15 
years old ; no cultivation attempt- 
ed; harvest in September. 
NUMBER 
OF 
DAYS 
45 
JAN. FEB. MAR APR 
MONTHS 
HAY JUNE JUtJ AUG. 
SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC. 
NUMBS) 
OF 
DAYS 
45 
Mi 
1 11 
\N LABC 
12 DA 
5R 
rs 1 
• 
40 
40 
39 
39 
30 
■ ' 
SO 
23 
" 
29 
20 
- 
" 
20 
13 
■ 
" 
19 
10 
■ 
■ 
■ 
to 
3 
1 
9 
29 
HO 
RSE 
6 
•LA 
DA 
30R 
YS 
25 
20 
20 
19 
13 
to 
' 
to 
<g) 
■ 
9 
Prune. 
Spray. 
Pick. 
Haul. 
Miscel- 
laneous. 
T t , Before 
iotaL harvest. 
Harvest 
and 
market. 
Man days 
> 

1 
1 
7 

? 

12 
6 
2 
1 
10 
Horse days 
5 
