FARM MACHINERY 



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DAYS' WORK OF MAN-LABOR REQUIRED FOR PRODUCING THE 



The table shows that in the work of producing each of the crops 

 considered, excepting only the cotton crop, there has been an 

 absolute displacement of man-labor. Disregarding the cotton crop, 

 the absolute displacement in the work of producing the other eight 



1 The value of New England agricultural products, as reported in 1880, was 

 $103,343,566; in 1900 it was $169,523,435 (Twelfth Census, Agriculture, Vol. I, 



P- 703)- 



2 Twelfth Census, Agriculture, Vol. I, p. 698. 



8 The barley crop of 1839 was 4,161,504 bushels (Sixth Census, p. 408). 



The corn crop of 1855 is assumed to be 765,431,923 bushels. This is midway 

 between the amounts reported to the Census Office in 1850 and i860. 



The cotton crop of 1841 was 1,634,945 bales (World Almanac for 1896, p. 164). 



The hay crop of 1849 was 13,838,642 tons (Eleventh Census, Agriculture, 

 p. 90). 



The oats crop of 1839 was 123,054,992 (Report of U.S. Dept. Agr., 1862, p. 572). 



The potato crop of 1866 was 107,200,976 bushels (U. S. Dept. Agr., Year Book, 

 1898, p. 679). 



The rice crop of 1870-1871 was 52,892,400 pounds (Letter of August 26, 1902, 

 from the Department of Agriculture, Division of Statistics). 



The rye crop of 1849 was 14,188,813 bushels (Patent Office Report, 1853, Pt. 2, 



P-I55)- 



The wheat crop of 1839 was 84,821,065 bushels (Report of U.S. Dept. Agr., 

 1862, p. 572). 



Crop reports for the desired years could not be found in every case. When the 

 difference between the year reported upon by the investigations of the Depart- 

 ment of Labor and the nearest year for which a crop report could be had was 

 greater than one year, a later crop report was preferred as yielding a displacement 

 of labor too low rather than too high. 



