32 BULLETIN 943, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table XIX. — Summary of labor practices in Nebraska, winter wheat, 1919. 





Phelps County. 



Saline County. 



Keith County. 



Practice. 



Rec- 

 ords. 



Acre- 

 age, i 



Average 



hours per 



acre. 



Rec- 

 ords. 



Acre- 

 age, i 



Average 



hours per 



acre. 



Rec- 

 ords. 



Acre- 

 age. 1 



Average 



hours per 



acre. 



Harrow stalks 



Per 

 cent. 

 53 

 20 

 70 

 100 

 7 



3 



Per 



cent. 



18 

 5 

 7 



61 

 7 



1 



Man. 

 0.4 



.6 

 9.1 

 2.3 



• 9 



1.9 



Horse 



1.8 



1.7 



21.3 



9.5 



7.6 



Per 

 cent. 



Per 

 cent. 



Man. 



Horse 



Per 

 cent. 



Per 

 cent. 



Man. 



Horse. 



Cut stalks 





















80 

 89 

 17 



17 



74 

 24 



8.5 

 2.9 

 1.3 



23.8 

 11.2 



22 

 26 



48 



4 

 39 



4 

 48 

 30 

 26 



4 



1 



6 



57 



1 

 12 



1 



23 



40 



14 



1 



12.7 



3.6 



.9 



1.4 

 .4 



.4 



2.3 



.8 



.5 



.4 



25 4 



Plow 



13.7 







Plow land with culti- 

 vator 



1.4 



Break corn stalKs 











1.6 



Break corn stalks (trac- 

 tor) 





















Disk 2 



33 



16 



.8 



3.6 



69 



56 



1.4 



5.8 



9.7 



Disk (tractor) 





Harrow (spike ) 3 



Harrow (spike) (tractor). 



100 



65 



.6 



2.5 



100 



99 



.7 



2.8 



1.9 













3 

 6 



1 

 3 



.4 

 .8 



1.6 

 3.4 





Roll 



3 



30 



17 



30 



10 



97 



3 



93 



7 



3 



.2 



24 

 21 

 23 



8 

 97 



3 

 90 



9 



1 



.4 



LI 



.6 



.7 



1.2 



3.5 



1.6 



.1 

 .2 



3.0 











Apply grass-hopper poi- 

 son 













9 



54 



3 



100 



6 



54 



3 



100 



.2 

 .2 

 .1 

 .9 



.4 

 3.6 



13 



52 

 35 

 70 

 30 

 39 

 30 

 35 

 4 

 65 

 26 

 22 

 52 

 52 

 78 



78 



35 



22 

 60 

 31 

 46 

 54 

 32 

 45 

 15 



8 

 71 

 36 



9 

 70 

 30 

 69 



69 



31 



.1 



.1 



.1 



1.2 



.7 



.8 



.9 



2.3 



2.2 



1.3 



.3 



2.8 



2.6 



1.3 



.8 



2.2 



.6 



.2 



Clean seed 











3.3 



Drill seed (tractor) 



Cut 





3.5 

 5.0 



100 

 3 



93 

 7 



.9 

 1.2 



3.9 



3.3 









3.9 



Head and stack (tractor) 











1.6 



Shock 



99 

 37 

 37 

 63 

 40 

 83 



83 



60 



99 

 38 

 28 

 73 



27 

 59 



59 



41 



1.0 

 .2 

 2.6 

 1.9 

 .9 

 .3 



1.0 



.8 



2.9 



2.5 



.5 

 2.0 

 1.6 



100 



46 

 6 



94 

 6 



89 



89 

 46 



96 

 42 



2 

 98 



2 

 66 



66 



34 



1.6 



.2 



4.2 



3.5 



1.4 



.8 



1.5 

 1.4 



4.8 

 5.0 



1.2 



3.0 



2.5 











2.7 





3.3 







Haul to granary 



1.3 



Haul to market (from 

 granary) 



Haul to market (from 



4.6 

 .8 







1 Thrashing and hauling percentage are based upon bushels. 



2 Disking was done 1.0 time in Phelps County, 1.4 times in Saline County, and 2.1 times in Keith County. 



3 Harrowing was done 1.9 times in Phelps County, 1.9 times in Saline County, and 1.3 times in Keith 

 County. 



Plowing is an operation that requires a large amount of power 

 and labor as compared with other farm operations. In the spring- 

 wheat area 86 per cent of the total wheat acreage was plowed, and 

 of this 20 per cent was plowed with tractor power. The remaining 

 14 per cent of the wheat acreage was corn stubble and potato land 

 which was not plowed but usually disk-harrowed instead. Clay 

 County, Minn., was foremost in the use of the tractor for plowing, 

 41 per cent of the acreage being tractor-plowed in this area. In the 

 various winter-wheat areas visited a wide variation existed in the 

 percentage of total wheat acreage plowed. In Pawnee and Ford 

 Counties, Kans., but 21 and 23 per cent, respectively, of the wheat 

 land was plowed, while in the other districts from 60 to 98 per cent 

 was plowed. The tractor was extensively used in St. Charles County, 

 Mo., where 24 per cent of the land was plowed by tractor power. 

 In Ford, Pawnee, and McPherson Counties the lister was substituted 



