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FARMERS BULLETIN 614. 



by the last of July, and, with the possible exception of a day or two 

 during August in finishing the haying job, there will be no field 

 work to be done from then until the second 10-day period of Septem- 

 ber, when corn cutting begins. Thus, there are about five weeks 

 when the man and his team would be idle, but this is thrashing 

 time and he can help his neighbors and do the work indicated in 

 figure 6 as extra labor, in order to pay back the labor he would be 

 forced to hire when shredding a part of the 20 acres of corn in field 

 No. 1 of figure 2, this being necessary to provide bedding in the 

 barn. While extra labor to the extent of 16 extra hands and 6 extra 

 teams is shown in figure 6 during the last 10 days of October for 



FIG. 6. Diagram showing the distribution of iabor for one man and three horses on a 100-acre corn-belt 

 farm when run on the plan described in this bulletin. Explanation: A=man days, B=3-horse team 

 days, C= extra man labor, D= extra horse labor, E= exchange man labor, F= exchange horse labor, 

 G= available time for one man and three horses. 



doing the shredding, this labor is paid for during August and the 

 first 10 days of September by helping these men in thrashing their 

 wheat and oats. 



With the extra labor taken care of in this manner there will still 

 remain about 10 days of extra labor during hay harvest that must 

 be paid for in cash. With this small amount of hired help and the 

 assistance of the hogs in harvesting the 20 acres of rye, 20 acres of 

 corn, and the greater part of 20 acres of clover and timothy, one 

 man and three horses can do the work on a 100-acre corn-belt farm. 



Figure 7 shows the labor required in the care of 10 sows and their 

 litters during the entire year. This must be done in addition to 

 the regular farm work. A glance at figures 6 and 7 will show how well 

 the labor required by the hogs fits in with the other farm operations 



