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labor used for this particular operation is listed under "Cribbing 

 corn." The horse labor listed under " Shredding fodder" is that 

 required for hauling fodder to the husker and shredder and any other 

 used for hauling the husked corn from the machine to the bin. The 

 husker-shredder was used on practically every farm in Seneca County, 

 Ohio. 



Although the methods of harvesting corn varied considerably in 

 the different areas, these differences in method apparently had little 

 influence on the total amount of horse labor per acre required for 

 harvesting corn. For all farms an average of 1.1 days of horse labor 



Fig. 10. — Husking corn from the standing stalk was more common in Illinois than in Indiana and Ohio. 



per acre were used for corn harvest, and the average number of days 

 of horse labor used in the different areas is as follows: 



Days. 



Madison County, Ohio 1.0 



Seneca County, Ohio - - 1. 2 



Madison County, Ind 1. 3 



Montgomery County, Ind 1. 2 



Livingston County, 111 0. 9 



Knox County, 111 1. 2 



The small amount of labor used in Livingston County, 111., was 

 due to the fact that the yield per acre in this area was low in 1920 

 and the number of acres covered per day in husking from the standing 

 stalk depends almost entirely upon the yield. In Madison County, 

 Ohio, a larger portion was cut by hand than in any other area and 

 this resulted in a slight reduction in the amount of horse labor used. 



