﻿NORMAL DAY S WORK FOR VARIOUS FARM OPERATIONS. 



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be done by hand. Only one practical grower in five used the cutter, 

 however, the majority believing that the certainty of having an eye 

 on each seed piece is worth the extra expense in the cutting. The 

 original averages have been adjusted by reducing them about 12 per 

 cent. 



Table XIV. — A normal day's work in cutting potatoes for seed, giving the average num- 

 ber of bushels per dag for cutting by hand and with cutter and adjustments for each 

 method. 



[Net hours at work, 9.48.] 



Method of cutting. 



Cut per 

 day. 



Number 

 averaged. 



" Adjusted 

 work 

 factor. 





Bushels. 

 15.03 

 32.24 



760 

 169 



13.50 





28.00 







The acreages reported for covering seed potatoes after planting are 

 averaged in Table XV according to the number of horses used and 

 these averages adjusted by reducing them about 10 per cent. A 

 2-horse team covers somewhat more ground than one horse, and 60 

 per cent of farmers find it more practical to use two horses. 



Table XV. — A normal day's work in covering seed potatoes after planting, giving the 

 average daily acreage and adjusted factors . 



[Net hours in the field, 9.53.] 



Number of horses. 



Covered 

 per day. 



Number 

 averaged. 



Adjusted 

 factors. 



1 



Acres. 

 4.63 

 5.96 



299 

 541 



4.15 



2 



5.35 







The averages for the operation of marking off land for planting 

 are grouped in Table XVI by horses in the team and the width most 

 frequently used. These averages are reduced about 10 per cent to 

 give the adjusted acreage in the table, while the allowances for each 

 difference of 1 foot in width were determined from analytical tables. 

 The 3, 3^, 6, 9, and 12 foot widths are in most general use. The 

 wider markers are in the minority, 31 per cent using a 3-foot marker, 

 and 14 per cent a 3£ foot, with smaller percentages for other widths. 

 On the light soils of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, where extensive 

 trucking operations are carried on, the wider markers are in vogue. 

 There appears to be no economy in using more than one horse with 

 markers less than 12 feet wide, although 59 per cent of planters use 

 two horses in this operation. 



