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This is an exceedingly serious conflict and strikingly 

 affects the agriculture of the region. At the present time, 

 wheat pays best for the labor involved, hence corn and 



HOURS 

 2,00 



Jftn. feb. /Ada ApR, /"\<\Y June July Ao<^.' Sept Oct. /Vov. Deo. 



FIG. 25. Distribution of man labor on 14 acres of silage corn. Black is 

 work fixed as to time. White is plowing. 



alfalfa are limited, and this in turn limits the live-stock. 

 In the corn-belt, corn pays better than alfalfa. This 



HOURS 

 400 



500 



Zoo 



100 



J<xn. Feb. MAR. ApR 



June Joly Ao^. Sept. Oct. Wov Deo 



FIG. 26. Distribution of horse labor on 14 acres of silage corn. Black 

 is work fixed as to time. White is plowing. 



checks the introduction of alfalfa. It will probably pay 

 better than timothy and clover in some parts of the corn- 

 belt, but does not combine so well with corn. 



Figures 23 and 24 show the distribution of labor on 

 alfalfa in latitude about 42, about as far north as Chicago. 



