﻿NORMAL DAYS WORK FOR VARIOUS FARM OPERATIONS. 



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Table XXXII. — A normal day's work in baling hay from the stack or barn with sweep 

 power and with an engine, giving the average number of tons baled daily as reported for 

 the crews commonly used, with adjusted factors for each crew. 



[Net hours at work, 10.10.] 



USING HORSEPOWER. 



Type of baler. 



Number 

 of men. 



Baled per| 

 day. 



Number 

 averaged. 



Factor for 

 each crew 

 per day. 





2 

 3 



4 

 5 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 



Tons. 

 3.6 

 7.2 

 9.1 

 12.5 

 10.0 

 8.6 

 9.6 

 10.7 

 10.9 

 15.5 

 15.5 



4 

 35 

 17 



2 



1 

 75 

 123 

 95 

 26 

 11 



2 



Tons. 



4.8 





7.2 



9.6 



11.9 



. 5.1 





7.4 

 9.6 

 11.9 

 14.1 

 16.4 

 18.6 



USING GASOLINE ENGINE. 



Number of men. 



Horse- 

 power of 

 engine. 



Baled per 

 day. 



Number 

 avereged. 



Factor for 

 each crew 

 per day. 



3 



5.44 

 6.28 

 8.29 

 10.41 

 12.09 

 12.53 

 16 



11.90 

 14 



Tons. 

 13.56 

 10.63 

 13.20 

 16.26 

 20. 17 

 20.29 

 26.66 

 27.50 

 31.25 



16 

 31 

 39 

 44 

 32 

 31 



6 

 10 



4 



Tons. 



7.7 



4 



10.5 



5 



13.4 



6 



16.3 



7 



19.1 



8 



21.9 



9 



24.8 



10 



27.6 



11 



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HARVESTING GRAIN. 



The grain binder is an implement of comparatively light draft in 

 proportion to its width of cut. With this machine the efficiency 

 per horse increases as the width of cut is increased, as does also the 

 acreage per foot in width. Since the draft of the binder is due 

 principally to the propelling of the gearing mechanism, increases in 

 the width of cut up to 8 or 10 feet add little to the load on the horses 

 except the side draft. The daily duty per foot of cut is about 2 

 acres and that per horse is about 4 acres. With the gram header the 

 daily duty per foot in width is about 2.35 acres, and the duty per 

 horse about 5.5 acres. 



With a combined header and thrasher meager data indicate that a 

 fair day's work is from 22 to 28 acres, depending upon the width of 

 cut, which usually ranges from 10 to 14 feet. 



In Table XXXIII the original averages for those widths of binder 

 and header most frequently used are given, together with adjusted 



