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BULLETIN 3, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 



Table XXIV. — A normal day's ivorlc in spreading lime with a lime spreader and ferti- 

 lizer with a fertilizer drill, giving the average acreages reported for the widths most fre- 

 quently used, adjusted acreages for these widths, and allowances deduced for other widths. 





[Net hours in 



the field, 



9.81.] 









Implement. 



Range 

 of width. 



Most 

 common 

 width. 



Number 

 of horses 

 in team. 



Spread 

 per day. 



Number 

 averaged. 



Adjusted 

 acreage. 



Allowance 

 for other 

 widths 

 (acreage 

 per foot). 





Feet. 

 4-12 

 4-10 

 6-12 



Feet. 

 8 

 6 



8 



2 

 2 

 3 



Acres. 

 10.65 

 8.44 

 10.40 



20 

 122 



15 



9.50 

 7.50 

 9.35 



0.75 



Fertilizer drill 



.70 





.70 



CULTIVATING. 



The averages for cultivating corn, potatoes, beans, cabbage, and 

 cotton, arranged according to the number of horses to the cultivator, 

 are set out in Table XXV. From the standpoint of acreage covered 

 in a day, two horses are about 40 per cent more efficient than one 

 horse. About 40 per cent of those reporting use two horses in culti- 

 vating. A 1-horse cultivator can be expected to cover 4 to 5 acres 

 and a 2-horse cultivator from 6 to 8 acres. Cultivating beans and 

 cabbage is slower work than that for corn and cotton on account of 

 the narrower rows and greater care required with these low plants. 

 The original averages have been adjusted by reducing them about 

 10 per cent. When the data were assembled by widths of row, no 

 marked relation was found between the width and the amount of 

 work done daily. This may in part be explained by the meager 

 number reported for widths other than 36, 42, and 44 inches, and 

 also by the consideration that the width of planted row is not a factor 

 in cultivating, since the entire surface of the field must be stirred, 

 regardless of the interval between the rows. 



Table XXV. — A normal day's work in cultivating corn, potatoes, beans, cabbage, and 

 cotton, giving the average daily acreages reported according to the number of horses used 

 and adjustments for each cultivating unit. 



[Net hours in the field, 9 



79.] 









Crop. 



Number 

 of horses. 



Culti- 

 vated per 

 day. 



Number 

 averaged. 



Adjusted 

 acreage 

 per day. 





1 

 2 

 1 

 2 

 1 

 2 

 1 

 2 

 1 

 2 



Acres. 

 4.8 

 7.72 

 4.25 

 6.53 

 3.87 

 6.30 

 4.08 

 6.06 

 4.72 

 7.35 



791 

 448 

 403 

 210 

 228 

 163 

 220 

 136 

 112 

 76 



4.30 





7.00 

 3.80 





5.90 

 3.50 





5.70 

 3.70 





5.45 

 4.25 





6.80 



