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IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



The average yield of silage per acre was 9.01 tons. The average cost 

 per ton of silage was 64 cents. The average amount of silage cut daily 

 per man was 4.9 tons. The average cost per acre for putting the corn in 

 the silo was $5.98. 



AKEANGEMENT OF LABOE. 



The following table shows the distribution of the men employed in 

 cutting, loading, hauling, feeding, etc.: 



Table 3.— Arrangement of Labor in Filling Silos on Thirty-One 



Farms. 



•Cutter did not have self-feeding attachment. 



The question at once arises. Why can some farmers fill their silos at 

 a cost of 46 cents a ton while it costs others 86 cents? Quite often the 

 higher cost is due to unavoidable causes, such as long hauls, lodged and 

 tangled corn, and accidents to machinery. In many cases, however, a poor 

 arrangement of the help is responsible for the extra expense. The best 

 method is that in which the working force is the most evenly balanced; 

 that is, where all are working continually. It is not necessary that men 

 and teams should be rushed to their fullest extent in order to get the 

 work done cheaply. Some of the most expensive work was conducted 

 with the greatest furore and hurry. The scheme where all are working 



