Labor and Material Requirements for Crops and Livestock 27

 TABLE 22.-A METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE ADVANTAGE FOR AN INDIVID-
 UAL FARMER GROWING 1 ACRE OF PEANUTS FOR HARVEST OVER 1 ACRE OF
 PEANUTS HOGGED.


 One acre of peanuts harvested requires 71.7 hours of man labor, exclud-
 ing contract labor for picking and baling. One acre of peanuts hogged
 requires 36.9 hours of man labor which, with 10 hours required for tending
 2 hogs while feeding on peanuts, totals 46.9 hours of man labor. Thus
 about 2.5 more man days of labor are required for peanuts for harvest.
 Labor requirements are based on breaking land with 2 mules and cultivat-
 ing with 1 mule.


 Average gain of hogs per acre of peanuts .... 180 pounds
 Average per acre yield of peanuts .................. 638 pounds
 Average per acre yield of peanut hay ............ ton
 Expected price of hogs per pound .................. 6.80
 Expected price of peanuts per ton ................ $64
 Expected price of peanut hay per ton ............ $8


 Affected expenses for growing 1 acre of peanuts and hogging off:
 Peanut seed: 11/1 bushels @ 90 $ 1.12
 Minerals: 10 pounds @ $3.00 per cwt. = 0.30

 Total $ 1.42
Affected expenses for growing 1 acre of peanuts for harvest:
 Peanut seed: 1 bushels @ 90 = $ 1.35
 Fertilizer: 208 pounds @ $25 per ton 2.60
 Baling wire: 60 wires @ $1.56 per 250 0.37
 Contract picking: 22.8 bushels @ 12 = 2.74
 Contract baling: 20 bales @ 10 = 2.00
 Excess man labor: 2% days @ $1.25 = 3.12

 Total $12.18
 Hog receipts: 180 pounds @ $. 068 $12.24
 Less peanuts hogged expenses (from above) = 1.42
 Net from 1 acre peanuts hogged $10.82
 Peanut receipts: 638 lbs. nuts @ $64 per ton = $20.42
 2' ton hay @ $8.00 = 4.00
 Total peanut receipts $24.42
 Less peanut expenses (from above) 12.18

 Net from 1 acre of peanuts harvested $12.24
NET ADVANTAGE FOR 1 ACRE OF PEANUTS HARVESTED
 OVER 1 ACRE OF PEANUTS HOGGED-OFF* ............................ $ 1.42

 This does not include allowances for soil depletion or risk.

 The method illustrated in these two tables does not allow for
differences in the soil-depleting effect of the various crops nor
does it allow for the relative risk of producing one product over
another.