18 BULLETIN 99*7, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 14. — Plowing done with, tractors and with horses on farms of different sizes. 





Number 

 of farms. 



Average 

 acres 



plowed 



per 



farm. 



Spring plowing. 



Fall plowing. 



Per cent 

 of total 

 plowed 



with 

 tractor. 



Size of farm (crop acres). 



Acres 



with 



tractors. 



Acres 



with 



horses. 



Acres 



with 



tractors. 



Acres 



With 



horses. 



Less than SO 



28 

 71 

 56 

 47 

 36 

 19 

 22 



Acres. 



33.0 



55.9 



72.0 



95.4 



113.5 



140.8 



147.6 



213.9 



A cres. 

 26.0 

 35.2 

 37.5 

 49.1 

 60.4 

 59.8 

 67.0 

 93.0 



A cres. 

 2.3 

 2.9 

 5.3 

 9.3 

 5.6 

 14.4 

 11.2 

 63.2 



Acres. 

 4.7 

 16.5 

 27.7 

 34.4 

 45.3 

 58.5 

 65.2 

 42.2 



A cres. 

 

 1.3 

 1.5 

 2.6 

 2.2 

 8.1 

 4.2 

 15.5 



Per cent. 

 93.0 



80 to 119 



92.5 



120 to 159 



90.6 



160 to 199 



87.5 





93 1 



240 to 279 



84.0 



280 to 319 



89.6 



320 and over 



63.2 



All 



286 



105.4 



52.1 



11.8 



37.7 



3.8 



85.2 



For all farms about 60 per cent of the plowing was done in the spring 

 and in each size group a greater acreage was plowed in the spring than 

 in the fall. The areas differed considerably, however, in their prac- 

 tice with regard to spring and fall plowing. The percentage of the 

 plowing done in the spring on the farms visited in the different areas 

 was as follows : 



Per cent. 



Madison County, Ohio 88 



Seneca County, Ohio 67 



Madison County, Ind 74 



Montgomery County, Ind 72 



Livingston County, 111 23 



Knox County, 111 59 



The areas did not differ greatly in the percentage of the total plow- 

 ing done with tractors. In all, 267 of the 286 men did some plowing 

 in the spring and 225 did some fall plowing. 



Spring plowing. — The number of men on farms of different sizes 

 who did all the spring plowing with tractors, those who used both 

 tractor and horses, and those who used horses only was as shown in 

 Table 15. 



Table 15. — Kind of power used for spring plowing on farms of different sizes. 



Size of farms (crop acres). 



Number 



of 

 farmers. 



Farmers 

 using 



tractors 

 only. 



Farmers 



using 

 tractors 



and 

 horses. 



Farmers 

 using 

 horses 

 only. 





7 

 28 

 65 

 53 

 43 

 31 

 18 

 22 



5 

 21 

 41 

 27 

 23 

 12 

 9 

 4 



2 

 7 

 23 

 25 

 19 

 19 

 9 

 17 





80 to 119 





120 to 159 



1 



160 to 199 



1 



200 to 239 



1 



240 to 279 





280 to 319.... 







1 









Total 



267 



142 

 53 



121 

 45 



4 





100 



2 







