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of the conflict with apple liai-vcst; Mr. C grows an earlier variety of corn 

 and is careful to !>et it planted on time. He has no difficulty in securino- good 

 yields of mature silage corn early enough to avoid the usual labor conflict. 

 Figure -5 shows the labor distribution at this season before and after ad()])t- 

 ing the practice. The inij)roveinent is readily seen. 



Figure 5. — Distribution of Man Labor Diiring September and October on Farm C 

 Before and After Shifting the Date of Silo Filling. 



Hours 



Man 

 LalDor 



I 



Before 



After 



:^ Other Work 



—1 I ■ ■ L_ I III, 



•Other Work 



t t 1 II t, I * I 1 , 



Sept. Oct. 



Sept. Oct. 



Oradintj, Packiiuj, (iiul ^hn-kethu/ Apples. — Several years ago Mr. C built 

 a fruit storage large enough to hold the bulk of his apjile croj) and provide 

 room for a mechanical grader. The actual cash construction cost was not 

 great since most of the work was done by the regular farm labor during slack 

 ])eriods. This farm storage makes it jiossible to extend the marketing season. 

 It si)reads the work of grading and packing ajiples over a longer period so 

 that it can be done by tiie regular labor supjily. The actual harvesting of the 

 ajjples can be hastened becanse the fruit can be rushed into the .storage house 

 and left in the picking boxes imtil later when more time is available for 

 sorting. In the 1929 season the work of grading and jiacking was distributed 

 all througli the fall and winter months. 



Other apple growers without good storage arc com])elled either to hire extra 

 labor in order to do a good job of grading in a short time, or else to market 

 the cro]) with less grading and at a lower ])rice. 



