FARM LABOR 



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ways of saving horse labor. The most evident way 

 is to keep the horses busy and so reduce the cost per 

 hour. By planning the work ahead it is often possible 

 to do the work with fewer horses. The horse labor for 

 farmer No. 1, Table 71, is shown in Figure 74. The farmer 

 kept two extra horses at a cost of $262, when the only time 

 that he needed them was in plowing for oats and corn. 



HOUf?b 



JOOO 



600 



6OO 



400 



aoo 



Jan feb AAR Apu A<V( June July Au^ SepT OoT Nov Deo 



FIG. 75. Distribution of horse labor on farm No. 2. Six horses kept. 

 Five could have done the work with a little hired horse labor. Black 

 is work fixed as to time. White is work that might have been done at 

 some other time. 



If he had fall plowed for oats, he would have secured a 

 better crop of oats, could have fitted his corn ground earlier 

 and better with two less horses, and had considerable time 

 to spare. 



The horse work for farm No. 2 is shown in Figure 75. 

 There were 6 horses on the farm and 105 acres of crops 

 were grown. After studying the results of his cost ac- 

 counts the farmer decided to farm more land and to hire 

 some horse labor. He increased his crops to 170 acres and 



