:08T OF PRODUCTION BY HAND AND BY MACHINE MK.THODS. 



Unit 

 No. 



l 



3 

 27 



5 

 17 



21 

 12 



8 



20 



13 



19 



24 



16 

 26 

 n 



7 

 i 



10 



18 



1 



15 

 23 



22 



ie and Quantity of Crop 

 Produced. 



Barley ; 30 bu. 

 Wheat : 20 bu. 



i acre)__ 

 i acre)__ 



Year of Product' n 



Hand Machine 

 Method. Method. 



i860 

 1870 



1868 

 1850 



1855 

 1855 



Broom corn : i ton 



(3 acres) 



Rice : 2640 Ibs. ( i acre) 

 Sweet Potatoes : 



105 bushels (i acre) 

 Hay : Harvesting i ton 



(i acre) timothy hay 

 Corn : 40 bushels ( I acre ) 



yellow corn, shelled ; 



stalks, husks and blades 



cut into fodder 



Sugar corn : 20 tons 



(i acre) 



Oats : 40 bushels ( i acre ) 1 1830 

 Strawberries : 4,000 qts. 



(i acre 11871-72 

 Tomatoes : 1 50 bu . ( i acre 1 870 

 Potatoes : 220 bu. (i acre 1866 

 Wheat : 20 bu. (i acre )__ 1 1829-30 

 Hay: Harvesting and 



baling i ton (i acre) 



timothy hay 1860 



Apple trees: 10,000 (i 



acre) 32 months, from 



grafts 1870-72 



Beets : 300 bushel (i acre 1850 

 Corn : 40 bushels (i acre) 



yellow corn, husked ;; 



stalks left in field |i855 



Carrots : 30 tons (i acre) 1850 



1829-301895-96$ 

 1829-30 1895-96 



Onions: 250 bu. (i acre) 



Apple trees : 10,000 ( i 



acre) 32 months, from 



grafts 



Cotton 1 : By hand 750 Ibs. ; 

 by machine 1000 Ibs. 

 (i acre) 



Rye : 25 bushels ( 

 Turnips : 350 bu. ( 

 Carrots : 30 tons ( 



acre) 

 acre) 

 acre) 



Peas : 20 bushels (i acre) 



field Peas 1856 



Tobacco: 1,500 Ibs. (i 



acre) Spanish seed leaf 1853 

 Tobacco : s By hand, 1,200 



Ibs.; by machine 1,250! 



Ibs. (i acre) (1844 



1850 



1869-71 



1841 

 1847-48 

 1855 

 1855 



1895 

 1895 



1895 

 1895 



1894 



1895 

 1893 



1894-95 

 1895 

 1895 

 1895-96 



1894 

 1893-95 



1894 

 1895 

 1895 



1893-95 



1895 

 1894-95 



1895 

 1895 



1895 

 1895 



1895 



Cost. 



Hand Machine 

 Method. Method. 



3-88$ 

 4.00 



90.33 

 7.20 



34-30 

 1.92 



16.34 



40-: 

 3-* 



231.28 



36.62 



13.18 



3.83 



3.19 



200.00 

 32.30 



5.03 

 38.71 

 32.56 



202.00 



6.15 



5.25 



25-63 



30.61 



6.66 

 25-85 



74 



1. 06 



1. 12 



25-37 

 2.08 



10.29 

 .63 



6.62 

 16.37 



1.60 



97- 



15. 

 5-97 

 2.03 



1.91 



121.00 

 20.01 



3-31 



37-21 



23.89 



150.69 



4.71 



4.30 



23.36 



29.96 



6.76 

 27.99 



2.67 



Per cent 



Urrreatt 



72.62 

 71.98 



71.92 

 71.09 



7O.OO 

 66.95 



59-49 



59-40 

 58.47 



57.66 

 56.64 

 54-68 

 47.11 



39.92 



39-50 

 38.05 



34-20 

 25.41 



23.42 



18.10 



8.88 



2.13 



Percent. 



Increase 



1.56 

 8.28 



261.42 



1 See footnote "i " page 21. 



2 The data have been modified to show a comparison on the basis of equal quan- 

 tities produced. If the equal areas be taken instead, the line should read : Cot- 

 ton : By hand, etc , $9.23 ; $9.42. 2.09. 



8 The data have been modified to show a comparison on the basis of equal quan- 

 tities produced. If the equal areas be taken instead, the line should read : To- 

 bacco : By hand, etc., $8.88 ; $33.39 ; 276.33. 



