﻿NORMAL DAYS WORK FOR VARIOUS FARM OPERATIONS. 



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Table XXII. — A normal day's work in spreading lime from a wagon, giving the number 

 of loads daily, averaged according to the size of the load. 







[Net hours at work, 9.48.] 









Size of load. 



Weight 

 per load. 



Spread 



per day. 



Number 

 averaged. 



Range. 



Average. 



Bushels. 



Loads. 



25 bushels or less 



Bushels. 

 22 

 34 

 49 

 64 

 106 



Pounds. 

 1,530 

 2,033 

 2,907 

 2,700 

 6,000 



201 

 261 

 321 

 495 

 500 



9.23 



7.71 



6.52 



7.8 



4.72 



24 



30 to 40 bushels 



45 



45 to 50 bushels 



35 



55 to 75 bushels 



10 





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In Table XXIII the operation of spreading lime from piles previously 

 laid down in the field is arranged by size of piles in terms of bushels. 

 The data were too limited to be arranged into more groups than those 

 chosen. The amount spread in a day increases with the amount used 

 per acre, as was the case with spreading manure from piles in Table 

 XXI. 



Table XXIII. — A normal day's work in spreading lime from piles, giving the number 

 of piles spread daily, averaged according to the size of the piles. 



[Net hours in the field, 9.48.] 



Size of piles. 



Spread per day. 



Number 



Range. 



Average. 



Piles. 



Bushels. 



averaged. 



to 1 bushel 



Bushels. 

 1 



3.5 

 25.6 



227 

 136 

 35 



227 

 477 

 917 



40 





40 





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The essential features of the operation of distributing lime with a 

 lime spreader and fertilizer with a fertilizer drill are shown in Table 

 XXIV. The original averages for the widths most commonly used 

 are given, these 4 averages being adjusted by reducing about 10 per 

 cent, and a scale of allowances for each difference of 1 foot from the 

 tabulated width has been deduced. The 8-foot lime spreader is 

 somewhat more popular than the 10-foot size. Lime spreaders are 

 drawn by two horses in 75 per cent of cases. With the fertilizer drill 

 the 6-foot width is preferred by 30 per cent and the 8-foot width by 

 20 per cent of planters, equal numbers reporting the 5 and 7 foot 

 widths, while 81 per cent of fertilizer drills are drawn by two horses. 



