Seedtime and harvest : a graphic summary of seasonal work on farm crops . e entire ran^e of alfalfa in the LuitedStates a second cutting is secured. This begins generally al)Out five to seven weeksafter the cutting. In some of the wnrmer sections of the West it may occur withina month of the first cutting, while in the cooler sections of the North and East nearlytwo months maj- elapse. The requirement p<n- acre for the first cutting, raking, andstacking in Kansas is about 8 hours of man and 10 hours of horse labor. For the secondcutting the amount is generally somewhat less than for
Seedtime and harvest : a graphic summary of seasonal work on farm crops . e entire ran^e of alfalfa in the LuitedStates a second cutting is secured. This begins generally al)Out five to seven weeksafter the cutting. In some of the wnrmer sections of the West it may occur withina month of the first cutting, while in the cooler sections of the North and East nearlytwo months maj- elapse. The requirement p<n- acre for the first cutting, raking, andstacking in Kansas is about 8 hours of man and 10 hours of horse labor. For the secondcutting the amount is generally somewhat less than for The first, as the crop is usuallylighter. A third cutting of alfalfa occurs throughout most of its range, and in Cali-fornia six and even seven cuttings are secured. Reports indicate that the averageamount of labor required per acre in Kansas for four cuttings, including raking andstacking, is about 21 hours of man and 27 hours of horse labor ; for 6 cuttings inCalifornia 40 hours of man labor, including irrigating, and 38 hours of horse labor. 36 Seedtime and Fig. 44.—Cotton planting begins usually about the middle of March, in extremesouthern Texas and in northern Florida ; about April 1 in the Black Waxy Prairie ofTexas, in cential Louisiana, central Alabama, and central Georgia ; and about April 21along the northern margin of the cotton belt. Records from the Black Prairie ofTexas show that cutting stalks, plowing or bedding, and harrowing require, on theaverage, about 4 hours of man and 12 hours of horse or mule labor per acre, plantingrequires about 1 hour of man and 3 hours of horse labor, chopping out 11 hours of manlabor, cultivating 7 hours of man and 14 hours of horse labor, picking about 32 hoursof man labor, and hauling to the gin 2 hours of man and 3 hours of horse labor peracre, a total of approximately 57 hours of man labor and 32 hoursi of horse laborper acre. Seasonal Work on Farm Crops. 37 J
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