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BULLETIN 943, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table XIV. — Variation in labor requirements per acre , spring ivheat, 1919 {201 farms) — 



Continued. 



Range of man-hours 



Nebraska. 



Total. 



Average hours 

 per acre. 





Phelps County. 



Saline County. 



Keith County. 



Man. 



Horse. 



Under 4 



Farms. 



Acre- 

 age. 



Farms. 



Acre- 

 age. 



Farms. 



Acre- 

 age. 



Farms. 



Acre- 

 age. 







4 to 6 



1 



4 



16 

 5 

 2 



120 

 523 

 2,361 

 495 

 245 











7 



41 



41 



22 



17 



24 



22 



14 



6 



1 



4 



2 



1,605 



9,402 



7,503 



2,867 



1,280 



2,007 



1,360 



976 



402 



55 



229 



56 



5.4 

 6.9 

 9.0 

 10.8 

 12.8 

 15.2 

 16.7 

 18.7 

 20.5 

 23.8 

 24.6 

 27.4 



15.9 



6to8 







4 



505 



19.1 



8tol0 







22.9 



10tol2 



3 



8 

 8 

 6 

 2 



1 



171 

 403 

 447 

 193 

 120 

 74 



2 

 1 

 1 



355 



60 

 40 



26.2 



12 to 14 



30.7 



14 to!6 



36.1 



16 to 18 







37.0 



18 to 20 ... 











41.5 



20 to 22 











44.9 



22 to 24 











47.0 



24 to 26 















44.2 



26 to 28 















61.6 

















Total 



28 



3,744 



28 



1,408 



8 



960 



201 



27, 742 



10.0 



24.8 







In the winter-wheat areas each labor group from 6 to 20 hours per 

 acre was well represented by farms in one or more of the counties 

 visited. None of these farms reported less than 4 man-hours per 

 acre, and the average for the 4 to 6 hour group was 5.4 hours. Like- 

 wise, few of the farms reported more than 20 hours per acre, although 

 two farms with small acreages were in the 26 to 28 hour class. In 

 the winter- wheat area the majority of farmers in the three Kansas 

 counties and Phelps County, Nebr., reported comparatively low 

 hours of labor per acre. The farmers in Saline County, Nebr., and 

 Jasper and St. Charles Counties, Mo., reported comparatively high 

 hours of labor, while those in Saline County, Mo., were fairly well 

 distributed in all groups from 8 to 20 hours per acre. In Keith 

 County, Nebr., but eight of the total farms were included in this tab- 

 ulation because of the extensive use of tractors and employment of 

 contract labor. 



SUMMARY OF LABOR PRACTICES. 



As an indication of variations in amount of labor expended per 

 acre, a summary of labor practices is given in Tables XV to XIX 

 inclusive. 



