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" Plowing out. One man and four horses will plow out 

 2\ acres per day. 



"Hauling. One man and four horses will haul twelve 

 tons per day. 



"According to this schedule, the number of man and 

 horse hours required per acre of beets for work done every 

 year is as follows : 



"In addition to this in the above schedule, it is calcu- 

 lated that alfalfa is broken every fourth year, and that, 

 therefore, one-fourth of the time required to break an 

 acre of alfalfa should be charged against every year's 

 beet crop. 



"The total work required to break an acre of alfalfa, 

 according to this schedule, is as follows : 



