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BULLETIN" 3, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 



Table XXXVII. — A normal day's work in harvesting corn with a platform cutter, giving 

 the average daily acreages reported for crews commonly used and adjusted factors for each 



Number of men. 



Number 

 of horses. 



Har- 

 vested 

 per day. 



Number 

 averaged. 



Adjusted 

 acreage. 



2 



1 

 2 

 1 

 2 

 2 

 4 



Acres. 

 5.08 

 5.80 

 5.70 

 4.50 

 8.00 

 9.00 



118 

 35 

 10 



4 

 24 



2 



4.60 



3 



5.20 

 5.90 



4 



6.80 

 8.20 





10.00 



In Table XXXVIII the reported averages for cutting, shocking, 

 and tying corn by hand, using the ordinary corn knife, have been 

 brought together by yield per acre. Increases in the yield add to the 

 bulk of the stalks to be handled and reduce the acreage cut daily. 

 From 1.4 to 1.7 acres daily can be harvested by one man in this man- 

 ner. The operation of tying and shocking corn after the corn binder 

 is also reported in the table in the same way. The daily duty of a 

 man at this work is from 3 to 5 acres, depending upon the yield. 



Table XXXVIII. — A normal day's handtvork in harvesting corn, giving the average 

 daily acreages for one man according to the yield per acre. 



Operation. 



Yield per acre. 



Har- 

 vested 

 per day. 



Number 

 averaged. 







Acres. 

 1.65 

 1.50 

 1.40 

 4.65 

 3.71 

 3.15 



141 





41 to 60 bushels 



61 bushels and over 



143 



72 



300 





41 to 60 bushels 



61 bushels and over . . . 



268 

 111 



In Table XXXIX husking corn from shock is reported by those 

 farmers who practice this method of handling the crop. The daily 

 duty is from 42 to 55 bushels, depending upon the yield. Where corn 

 is husked continuously from standing stalks, about 60 per cent more 

 can be husked than when the work is done with corn in the shock, the 

 reported daily duty being from 75 to 90 bushels per acre. Where one 

 man husks, hauls, and unloads from standing stalks it is seen that corn 

 can be husked about 25 per cent more rapidly than can be done from 

 shocks into piles on the ground. The daily duty of a man husking, 

 hauling, and unloading is reported as ranging from 50 to 70 bushels ; 

 depending upon the yield. In the table the adjusted factors have 

 been derived by reducing the reported acreages from 10 to 20 per 

 cent. 



