Florida Agricultural Experiment Station


 Land was usually broken with 2 mules and planted and culti-
vated with 1 mule. The peanuts were usually hoed once about a
month after planting. It is not the common practice to use
fertilizer on either corn or peanuts. The corn is generally har-
vested before the peanuts are hogged-off. By the time the
peanuts have been mostly hogged-off, cattle are turned in the
field.
 SHORT STAPLE COTTON
 Records were obtained from 24 farmers who produced 153.6
acres of short staple cotton, an average of 6.4 acres per farm
(Table 3). Coker Wilde, a variety with a relatively long staple,
was the most common variety produced. Coker Wilde was pro-
duced on 13 farms and Stoneville No. 2 was produced on 8 of the
24 farms.

TABLE 3.-SHORT STAPLE COTTON: LABOR AND MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS.
 Usual Period Man Mule
 Operation of Hours Hours
 Performance per Acre per Acre

Break land ................................... Jan. 1 Feb. 15 5.3 10.6
Prepare and plant ........................... Mar. 1 Apr. 10 9.0 9.0
Cultivate ............................................... Apr. 16 June 15 19.5 19.5
Chop ........... ................. .............. Apr. 16 May 15 11.8
Hoe .................................................. June 1 June 15 8.0
Pick ................................................ Aug. 1 Sept. 15 51.9
Market ....... ........................... Aug. 1 Sept. 15 3.3

 108.8 39.1

Material requirements per acre: Seed % bushel; fertilizer 230 pounds
Yield per acre: 440 pounds of seed cotton


 Cotton land was broken with 1-mule plows on 11 farms, 2-mule
 plows on 12 farms and tractor plow on 1 farm. Cultivation was
 done with mule power on 23 of the farms, with a tractor on 1
 farm. The most common mixtures of fertilizer used on cotton
 were 3-8-5, 4-8-4, 4-8-6, and 5-7-5. Only 2 of the 24 farmers
 side-dressed cotton. Likewise, it was not a common practice to
 apply insecticides in this area. Only 3 farmers reported doing
 so. Cotton was usually hauled to the gin by truck and sold in
 the seed. Farmers not owning trucks ordinarily hired trucks to
 do their hauling.