MALARIA AND CROP PRODUCTION
��437
�� �Days Adtjlt Labob Beqxtibxd fob
�Cbops, Distbibtjted bt
�Months*
�1
�Opemtions
�•
1
�2
�1
�1
�1
�►»
�1
�•
<
�1
�•
1
�1
�t
9
�Totals
� �Cut stalks
Break and bed . . Harrow or drag . Plant
�86 142
• • ■
�12
257
52
� � � � � � � �107
� �161
63
5
� � � � � � � � �560
� � � � � � � � � � �115
� �102 551
� � � � � � � � �107
� �Cultivate and hoe Pick and haul. . .
� � �1.164
�1,216
�1,367
�171 112
283
� � � � �4.469
�0^
� � � �1,614
�1,638
�1,406
�810 819
�5.580
�1
a
� �228
�321
�229
�653
� � � � �Total for crop
�1,164
�1,216
�1,367
�1,614
�1,638
�1,406
�10,938
� �Boll weevil con- trol
� �451
�471
� � � � �922
� � �228
62 43
�321
7
448
49
29
�229
� � �283
� � � � � � �Total for cot- ton
�653
�1,615
�1.687
�1,367
�1,614
�1,638
�1,406
�819 10
�11.860
� �Cut stalks
Break or bed
Harrow or drag. . Lav off rows. . . .
� � � � � � � �79
� �35 56 56 92 38 48
� � � � � � � � �526
� � � � � � � � � � �105
� � � � � � � � � � �85
�§
�Plant
� � � � � � � � � � �92
�Cultivate
� � �247 225
�295
270
9
�215
160
70
� � � � � � �795
�6
�Thin or hoe
� � � � � � � � �703
� �Plant peas
� � � � � � � � �79
� �Harvest
� � � � � � �187
�336
�29
�10
�552
� � �105
�533
�325
� � � � � � � �Total for com.
�472
�574
�445
� �187
�336
�29
�3,016
� � � � � �Break
� � � � �25 5
�84 31 11
�19
8 7
� �128
�f
�Harrow
� � � � � � � � �44
�Sow or drill
� � � � � � � � �18
�S
�Cut
� � � � �8 15
�24
49 68 12
153
� � � �32
�5
�Shock
� � � � � � � � � � �64
�y,^
�Haul and thrash. Haul irrain
� � � � �74 26
� � � � � �142
�s
� � � � � � � � � � �38
�s
� � � � � � � � � � � � �o
�Total for oats.
� �23
�100
�• • •
283
�30
1,614
187
30
�126
�34
�■ • •
819 10
• • •
829
�466
� � �228 105
�321 533
�229 325
� � �1
�Total for cotton . Total for corn. . . Total for oats. . .
�653 472
�1,615
574
23
�1.687 445 153
�1,367
�1,638 336 126
�1,406 29 34
�11,860 3,016
�g
�100
�• ■ •
283
�466
�I
� �333
�854
�554
� � �m
�Grand total. . .
�1,125
�2,212
�2.285
�1,467
�1,831
�2,100
�1,469
�15,342
��Making allowance for the time lost on days when field work was not possible, there was a loss of 420.75 adult days which amounted to actual neglect. During these 4 months there are 76.5 days available for field work. The loss represents that of 5.5 adults out of a total of 90 avail- able adults. The actual available adult time per family is 1.21 adults. The time lost is the equivalent to that of 4.54 families. Adding to this the effect of malaria on the efSciency of the labor, amounting to the time of 9.25 families, the survey shows that in the absence of malaria this plantation could operate with the same net returns on the labor of 60.21 tenant families, instead of the 74 families required in the presence of malaria.
s On the basis of 823 acres of cotton, 657 acres of corn, and 200 acres of oats.
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