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BULLETIN 917, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table III. — Distribution of labor per acre required to produce the principal crops 

 grown in the Greeley, Fort Morgan, and Rocky Ford districts of Colorado — Contd. 



District ar.d operation. 



Sugar beets, 

 2,455 acres. 



Alfalfa, 1,233 

 acres. 



Oats, 144 

 acres. 



Barley, 262 

 acres. 



Wheat, 102 

 acres. 



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Man. 



Horse. 



Man. 



Horse. 



Man. 



Horse. 



Man. 



Horse. 



Man. 



Horse. 



Fort Morgan district: 



5.1 

 8.4 

 1.0 

 5.4 

 9.0 

 c 4. 1 

 12.3 



10.5 

 35. 5 



2.1 

 11.3 



1.4 

 12.1 

 30.1 







0.9 

 5.7 

 1,0 



2.1 

 21.3 

 3.8 



1.1 



4.9 

 1.0 



3.4 

 17.6 

 3.3 



1.1 



4.7 

 1.0 



1.9 









16.7 









3.9 





cO.l 



8.2 

 18.0 



c0. 4 

 ■ 1.1 

 26.8 









5.6 

 8.2 



1.4 



9.7 



5.6| i.9 

 8. 8 10. 9 



1.2 I 2.3 



5.9 

 10.8 

 1.7 



1.5 





12.9 





3.3 













Total 



45.3 



103.0 



26.3 



28.3 



21.4 



38.3 



22. 6 39. 4 



25.2 



40.2 











District and operation. 



Sugar 

 beets, 

 2,429 

 acres. 



Beans, 179 

 acres. 



Canta- 

 loupes, 



301 

 acres. 



Alfalfa, 

 915 acres. 



Oats, 75 



acres. 



Wheat, 

 82 acres. 



Cucumber 

 seed, 252 

 acres. 





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Rocky Ford district: 



6.5 



10.1 

 1.1 

 9.4 

 9.8 

 do.o 

 13.6 



12.8 



35. 5 



2.3 

 18.2 



1.4 

 18 4 

 44.1 



2.6 



9.5 

 1.3 



17.7 



14.8 



26.3 



1.8 



6.5 



33.6 

 2.2 



12.8 



. 2 



9!l 



3.6 



0.3 



12.2 

 4.9 



52.1 



16.0 

 (d) 



14.9 

 3.3 



0.5 



47.0 



1.8 



23.3 



.7 



28.7 

 3.7 



0.4 



1.6 



2.6 



7.0 

 1.0 



3.0 



25.5 

 3.1 



4.0 



6.9 

 1.0 



5.3 



24.6 

 3.3 



1.8 



9.7 



1.0 



33.0 



2.1 



Preparation of the 



37.7 









2.1 









14.7 





7.1 



17.4 

 1.0 



1. 1 



21.8 

 1.7 



10.6 



11.3 



.1 



1.1 



10.8 

 .1 



9.1 

 8.8 

 2.7 



1.9 



10.3 

 8.0 



11.2 



37.0 



.8 



.8 



Harvesting 



22.9 

 1.7 































Total 



56.0 



132.7 



74.0 



68.0 



103.7 



105.7 



25.9 



26.2 



32.6 



43.6 



32.5 



53.4 



94.5 



82.0 







c Contract hand labor on beets is not included. 



d Contract hand labor on beets and picking and packing of cantaloupes are not included. 

 <• Miscellaneous includes work upon a building, a packing shed, laying roads, and hauling empty crates 

 from the depot. 



PREPARATION OF THE SEED BED. 



The preparation of the seed bed embraces numerous distinct opera- 

 tions, beginning with the removal of trash from the land and includ- 

 ing disking, plowing, rolling, spike-tooth and spring-tooth harrowing, 

 crowning of alfalfa, scraping, and leveling. 



REMOVING TRASH. 



Comparatively few farmers practiced removing trash from the land. 

 A few in the Greeley and Fort Morgan districts raked and burned 

 potato vines from the land in preparing it for seed. Some growers 

 at Rocky Ford raked and removed cantaloupe and cucumber vines. 

 In most cases these vines were disked or plowed under. On the 

 potato land the digging of the crop served as a sort of fall plowing, 

 and the next crop was in some cases planted without plowing or disk- 

 ing the land. Usually, the potato vines would interfere so much 

 with harrowing or leveling that it was necessary to remove them. 

 Most farmers preferred to incorporate vegetable matter with the soil 

 rather than to rake it off and burn it. Where trash was to be removed 



