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IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
EXTRA LABOR 
Field 
Time A.M. 
Time P.M. 
No. 
of 
Men 
No. 
Man 
Hours 
No. 
of 
Horses 
No. 
Kind of Work 
Begin- 
ning 
End- 
ing 
Begin- 
ning 
End- 
ing 
Horse 
Hours 
Harrowing 
A 
7 
10 
1 
4 
Cleaning Hog Pens 
10 
12 
! 
1 
Hauling Manure 
1 
Four loads 
B 
13 
1 
2 
1 1 
1 1 1 
L Wage rate : $1 25 per day, with dinner. 
Signed. 
Fred McCulloch. 
The above is a sample report of J. J. McMillan, employed as farm 
workman by Mr. McCulloch. A similar time sheet is made out at close 
of each day by each regular workman, signed by him and O.'K.'d by pro- 
prietor or superintendent. Requires two to five minutes to make out re- 
port and is usually done before or just after the evening meal. 
The above is a sample report of Mr. McCulloch's labor and that of extra 
help for . The proprietor or superintendent reports the time of 
extra labor while all regular help make out their own reports. 
These labor report forms have been very sucessful in getting accurate 
data when other forms have failed because they guide the memory and 
require no mental calculations to determine time spent on different kinds 
of work. 
In addition to the labor records statements of all cash receipts and 
expenditures, feeds fed to live stock, performance records as milk yields, 
etc., are reported. At beginning of the year complete inventories are 
made and sometime during the year farms are surveyed by government 
experts. Copy of inventory and plat of farm showing field arrangement, 
acreage, etc., are furnished the farmers. 
Monthly statements are sent to the farmers of reports as sent in and 
at end of year summaries showing results. 
While in 1908 the record work was carried on with only a few 
farmers primarily for developing methods for collecting data, some very 
interesting records were obtained. Mr. McCulloch has very kindly per- 
mitted the publication of his records. 
The work planned for 1909 and 1910 contemplates co-operation with a 
large number of farmers throughout the north middle states. In Iowa 
some thirty more farmers are desired and it is therefore suggested that 
those interested may learn further concerning the work and perhaps have 
opportunity to co-operate by writing the office of Farm Management, De- 
partment of Agriculture, at Washington. 
W. A. Peck, 
Assistant Agriculturist. 
