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the cultivator at frequent intervals until the beets are so large that 

 it is impossible to follow the rows. (See Table XII.) 



In the Ohio district either. the 2-row walking or the 4-roAV riding 

 cultivator was used. In other districts the 1-row or 2-row riding or 



Pig. 14. — Cultivating sugar beets with a 2-row walking cultivator. 



walking cultivator was used (figs. 14 and 15). It has been the 

 custom of the Ohio sugar companies to rent 2-row walking culti- 

 vators at a charge of 25 cents per acre for the season to sugar-beet 

 farmers desiring them. 1 



Table XII. — Cultivating. 



District. 



Per cent 



of all 

 records. 



Acres 

 per farm 

 culti- 

 vated. 



Times 

 culti- 

 vated. 



Hours of labor per 

 acre. 



Labor 

 cost per 





Man. 



Horse. 



acre. 





69 

 89 

 83 

 81 



13.20 

 9.30 

 6.09 



13.21 



4.58 

 6.20 

 4.88 

 4.00 



9.05 

 11.55 

 11.92 



7.56 



9.05 

 11.55 

 11.92 



7.56 



$2.56 





3.47 

 3.57 





2.27 







1 The type of cultivator used was a factor that caused the comparatively high labor 

 requirement for cultivation in these districts, as may be seen by reference to the following 

 table, which gives a record of the work by a 1-1 crew with a 2-row cultivator in com- 

 parison with work done by a 1-2 crew operating a 4-row cultivator. 



Labor requirements for cultivating in northwestern Ohio. 



Crew. 



Records. 



Row. 



Times 

 over. 



Hours per acre. 



Labor 



cost per 



acre. 



Man. 



Horse. 





79 

 20 



2 



4 



4.0 

 4.1 



7.56 

 3.86 



7.56 

 7.72 



$2.27 





1.54 







It will be seen that there was a difference here of 3.7 hours of man labor in favor of 

 the 4-row cultivator. The «lifference in cost amounted to 73 cents per acre. 



