Papers stapled in Proof Sheet Volume 28 read: THE NEW LABOR PATTERN Demand for labor in planting and cultivating cotton is being greatly diminished by power farming. Although the introduction of new methods in the Delta is still "spotty" and uneven in degree, the new labor pattern is clear. With the most efficient equipment-4-row machines drawn by tractors-one man can do the work of eight mules and eight Negroes following the most primitive methods (i. e., 1-man, Second note reads: Tenants, croppers, and laborers swept from the land take refuge in the towns. They are drawn back to the land only seasonally. They are the new mobile labor reserve of the plantations. 1,000 cotton hoers load on trucks at Memphis, Tennessee, to be hauled daily into Arkansas during the season. 5 a.m. June 26, 1937. ---Lange for Farm Security Administration (# 5 - RA 17302-c) Alternate for #7.