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BULLETIN 3, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table XL VI. — A normal day's work in marketing, giving the average number of loads 

 hauled daily for all commodities for each distance from 1 to 10 miles and the relation of 

 distance to market to the number of loads that can be loaded, hauled to market, and 

 u n loaded. 





a. Distance to market (miles). 



Character of data. 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 





204 



4.39 



4.82 

 4.50 



734 



3.43 



3.32 

 3.19 



859 



2.79 



2.79 

 2.60 



724 



2.37 



2.41 

 2.25 



802 



2.02 



2.16 

 2.02 



467 



1.94 



1.98 

 1.84 



130 



1.72 



1.82 

 1.61 



177 



1.30 



1.70 

 1.59 



74 



1.26 



1.60 

 1.50 



231 



c. Average number of loads at each 



1.14 



Number of loads based on — 



(d) 3-mile average 



1.54 

 1.42 









SUMMARY 

















(1) Daily and seasonal working factors for farm labor and equip- 

 ment are of primary importance in farm organization and manage- 

 ment. 



(2) The seasonal and daily duty of men and equipment for an 

 agricultural area can be reliably approximated by averaging many 

 estimates for each operation made by farmers in the region. Figures 

 so obtained are as accurate for practical purposes as those secured 

 by more refined methods. 



(3) Data secured in this manner will yield dependable averages in 

 proportion to the experience of those giving the original data and 

 to the care with which the estimates are made. They are, then, not 

 guesses, but the concrete expression of seasoned judgment. 



(4) Those engaged in farming have quite definite conceptions of 

 the duty for the simpler operations where but one or two men and 

 one or two teams are involved. 



(5) Where many men and units of equipment are used in an oper- 

 ation there is less definite conception of what constitutes a fair day's 

 work, since fewer have had experience with the larger crews, and the 

 range of variation is greater. More data are therefore necessary to 

 insure useful averages. 



(6) With implements of heavy draft and also with many of the 

 lighter implements, the increase in dimensions is not attended with 

 proportional increases in work accomplished. For this reason the 

 widths, sizes, and crews most frequently used are taken as affording 

 the most reliable standards, the duty of variations from these being 

 calculated by the use of factors included in the tables. 



(7) The increase in the number of men in the crew and in the 

 complexity of the operation are attended by lost motion and de- 

 crease in efficiency per unit of labor and equipment. The simpler 

 operations are the most economical from the standpoint of work 

 done daily. 



