COST AND UTILIZATION OF POWER ON FARMS. 



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cutting grain which was done with the 2-plow and 3-plow outfits 

 on the farms where they were owned is shown in Table 25. 



Table 25. — Percentage of different operations done with 2-plow and with 3-plow tractors. 



Operation . 



3-plow 



(104 

 farms). 



Spring plowing 



Tall plowing 



Disking 



Harrowing, rolling, etc 

 Cutting grain 



NUMBER OF WORKSTOCK USED ON DIFFERENT OPERATIONS. 



The number of workstock used for each operation as well as the 

 number of workstock owned was obtained from the operators of the 

 farms visited. Table 26 gives the number of workstock on the 

 different farms and the number of operators who used all for culti- 

 vating corn or some other one operation. 



Table 26.- 



-Nwmber of workstock owned on different farms and number of farms where 

 all were used for some one operation. 



Number 

 of work- 

 stock 

 owned. 



Number 

 of farms. 



Number 

 of farms 

 where all 

 workstock 

 were used 

 for cultiva- 

 tion. 



Number 

 of farms 

 where 

 workstock 

 were not 

 all used 

 for cultiva- 

 tion, but 

 were all 

 used for 

 some other 

 operation. 



Number 



of farms 



where all 



workstock 



were never 



used for 



any one 



operation. 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 16 

 18 

 20 

 24 



Total.... 



11 



15 



43 



41 



57 



32 



39 



15 



12 



1 



4 



6 



5 



1 



1 



2 



1 



10 

 9 



29 

 18 

 27 

 4 

 5 

 1 

 1 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 1 

 



1 

 6 



9 

 5 

 7 

 3 

 4 

 1 

 2 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 5 

 18 

 23 

 25 

 30 

 13 

 9 

 1 

 4 

 6 

 5 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



286 



105 



38 



143 



Ninety-three per cent of the men with 4 or less head of workstock, 

 57 per cent with 5 or 6, 23 per cent with 7 or 8, 19 per cent with 9 

 or 10, and 5 per cent with over 10 used them all for some one opera- 

 tion. One-half of the operators never used all of their workstock 

 :or any one operation. 



