﻿NORMAL DAYS WORK FOR VARIOUS FARM OPERATIONS. 



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Table XXXV.— A normal day's work in stacking grainfrom the shock, giving the average 

 daily acreage reported for crews most frequently used and adjusted factors for each crew. 





Number 

 of horses. 



Stacking in the field. 



Stacking at the farmstead. 



Number of men. 



Stacked 

 per day. 



Number 

 averaged. 



Adjusted 

 acreage. 



Stacked 

 per day. 



Number 

 averaged. 



Adjusted 

 acreage. 



2 



2 

 4 

 2 

 4 

 4 

 6 

 4 

 6 

 4 

 6 

 8 



Acres. 



8.02 

 10.64 



8.32 

 14.35 

 13.72 

 23.25 

 14.05 

 19.00 

 14.00 

 18.00 



226 



7 



72 



132 



222 



4 



53 



6 



10 



7 



6.40 



9.30 



6.70 



9.60 



12.30 



15.60 



12.60 



15.90 



15.00 



, 18.20 



21.50 



Acres. 



6.69 



7.16 



7.22 



11.45 



11.09 



19.75 



12.23 



15.20 



12.12 



18.20 



189 

 3 



64 



92 



167 



4 



44 



5 



8 



5 



5.30 



3 



8.60 

 5.80 



4 



8.40 

 10.00 





13.00 

 11.00 



G 



14j00 

 • ' 13. 00 





16.00 

 18.90 















HARVESTING CORN. 



The reports for harvesting corn with a binder have been brought 

 together in Table XXXVI according to the number of horses used 

 with the harvester and by yields under each number of horses. With 

 one exception the data show a decreasing acreage with increasing yield 

 in all three groups. This decrease is less pronounced as horses are 

 added, indicating a considerable overload for two horses with this 

 implement. A reasonable figure for the duty per horse in this opera- 

 tion is from 2 to 2.5 acres per day. 



Table XXXVI. — A normal day's work in harvesting corn with a binder, giving the 

 average acreages reported according to the number of horses for designated yields. 



Number of horses. 



Yield per acre. 



Harvest- 

 ed per 

 day. 



Number 

 aver- 

 aged. 



2 





Acres. 

 7.47 

 6.70 

 5.57 

 7.63 

 7.16 

 6.30 

 8.16 

 8.27 

 7.21 



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41 to 60 bushels 





61 bushels and over 



49 



3 





225 

 179 





41 to 60 bushels 





61 bushels and over 



68 



4 





54 

 60 





41 to 60 bushels 





61 bushels and over 



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In Table XXXVII the harvesting of corn with a platform cutter is 

 arranged according to the number of men in the crew. The platform 

 cutter cuts two rows at a time, and its capacity is determined largely 

 by the number of men available to tie and set up the corn as it is cut. 

 The average acreage per man is 2.93 and the average acreage per horse 

 4.17 acres. In this table the adjusted acreages have been computed 

 by decreasing the reported averages for two men and increasing those 

 for three and four men. 



