Page:The Scientific Monthly vol. 3.djvu/443

 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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