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Fig. 15. — Distribution o man labor on an Iowa farm. This ('arm had the following crop and live stock 

 organization: Silage corn, 26.4 acres; ear corn, 69 acres; corn hogged down, 5.75 acres: oats, 26.1 ac r es: 

 barley, 15.88 acres; spring wheat, 4.7 acres; winter wheat, 17 acres; clover, 13.2 acres: timothy hay, 19.3 

 acres; timothy seed, 17.5 acres; alfalfa, 9.3 acres: potatoes, 3.5 acres. Total crop acreage, 227.63. The 

 following live stock was kept on the arm: Horses, 14.1: cows, 6; steers, 24.2; beef cattle (breeding herd), 

 28.1; hogs, 16.1; making a total of 88.5 animal units. Black bars indicate average hours per day for each 

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