﻿NORMAL DAY S WORK FOR VARIOUS FARM OPERATIONS. 



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Table XVIII. — A normal day's work in hauling and spreading manure with a spreader, 

 giving the average work factors reported and adjusted factors averaged according to the 

 size of load. 



[Net hours at work, 9.57.] 











Size of load. 



Item. 



Below 60 cubic feet. 



60 cubic feet and 

 over. 





Reported 

 averages. 



Adjusted 

 factors. 



Reported 

 averages. 



Adjusted 

 factors. 





2. 56 

 75.4 

 13.9 

 12.7 



7.6 

 23.6 

 10.0 

 320 



2 or 3 



2.88 

 79.9 

 13.1 

 11.7 



6.6. 

 25.9 



9.8 

 485 



3 









12.0 

 11.5 

 7.5 

 30.0 

 15.0 



11.0 





, 10.5 





6.5 





35.0 





14.0 













In Table XIX ; spreading manure from a wagon box with a fork, it 

 appears that the average time to unload a 42-bushel load of manure is 

 about 28 minutes, irrespective of the distance spread. With the 

 spreader much larger loads can be thrown off in a period of 10 minutes. 

 In this operation 54 per cent of farmers cover a strip 16 feet wide or 

 more with each load, 36 per cent spread from 9 to 15 feet, and only 10 

 per cent unload in strips less than 9 feet wide. 



Table XIX. — A normal day's work in spreading manure from a wagon with a fork by 

 one man, giving the time to unload averaged according to the distance spread. 



Distance spread. 



Size of 

 load. 



Time to 

 spread. 



Number 



Range. 



Average. 



reporting. 





Feet. 

 6.84 

 11.77 

 20. 56 



Bushels. 

 42.6 

 42.10 

 43.94 



Minutes. 

 28.11 

 27.98 

 28.54 



88 



9 to 15 feet 



323 



16 feet and over 



• 465 







In Table XX the practice of hauling and dumping manure in piles 

 for later spreading by hand is reported. According to 45 per cent, a 

 fair day's work is between 8 and 10 loads a day, the average for all 

 conditions being about 12 loads daily. Farmers who practice this 

 method haul loads averaging from 40 to 45 bushels in bulk. 



Table XX.- 



-A normal day's work in loading, hauling, and dumping manure in piles 

 by one man ivith a team. 



Number of loads per day. 



Size of 

 load. 



Distance 

 hauled. 



Number 

 averaged. 



Percent- 



Range. 



Average. 



porting. 



Under 8 



5.74 



9.22 



12.87 



20.92 



Bushels. 

 44 

 43 

 42 

 42 



Bods. 

 99 

 77 

 69 

 67 



120 



344 



207 



94 



16 



8 to 10 



45 



11 to 15. 



27 



Overl5 



12 







