STANDARD DAY S WORK IN CENTRA!^ ILLINOIS. 



Table I. — Hummary of jx-rptrtuance of implements, irorlcmen, and crcics in most 

 comiium use in central Illinois — Continued. 



Imploment or operation. 



Spike-tooth harrow 



Corn planter: 



Check rower 



Drill 



Corn cultivator: 



One-row riding 



Two-row riding 



Cutting and shocking corn by hand. 



Corn liindcf 



Shocking corn after corn binder 



Husking corn from standing stalks.. 



Meclianical picker 



Endgatc seeder 



Grain drill 



Grain binder 



Shocking oats 



Mowing machine , 



Tedder 



Sulky rake 



Unloading ear corn: 



With scoop shovel , 



With portable elevator 



Unloading oats: 



With scoop shovel 



With portable elevator 



Loading hay: 



By hand 



With rake hay loader 



Unloading hay into mow: 



By hand 



With hay fork 



Hauling and spreading manure: 



With spreader 



With wagon box 



Size. 



20 feet. 



42 inches. 

 ....do.... 



.do. 

 .do. 



35 feet. 

 8 feet... 

 do. 



5 feet... 

 10 feet. 

 do. 



42 bushels. 

 do 



85 bushels. 

 do 



1.2 tons. 

 do... 



.do. 

 .do. 



65 bushels. 

 44 bushels. 



Horses. 



Men. 



Acres 

 per day. 



17.8 

 20.0 



7.8 

 13.5 

 1.28 

 7.66 

 6.66 

 1.67 

 6.8 

 .52.1 

 14.9 

 17.9 

 17.4 

 10.4 

 20.8 

 20.8 



Minutes 

 per load. 



25.6 

 7.9 



31.4 

 23.2 



41.0 

 18.2 



45.6 



68.4 



GENERAL CONDITIONS. 



Most of the farms in the area covered by this study are level, the 

 soil is free from stumps and stones, and the fields are regfular in 

 shape. This permits more efficient use of farm machinery, especially 

 of the larger sizes, than is possible in some sections of the country. 

 The average size of all the farms from which the reports were ob- 

 tained is 199.5 acres. An average of 32.1 acres per farm is never 

 planted to crops, thus leaving an average crop area of 167.4 acres per 

 farm. The land not planted to crops consists usually of the fami- 

 stead, roads, lanes, and possibly a small permanent pasture and wood 

 lot. Corn is the principal crop, at least one-half of the crop area 

 being devoted to the growing of this cereal. The oat crop is next 

 in importance. Hay, mostly clover and timoth}-, and pasture in 

 rotation, together occupy approximately the same acreage as oats. 

 The most common rotation is (1) corn, (2) corn, (3) oats and (4) 

 clover, or clover and timothy. 



The average weight of the horses found on these farms is 1,355 

 pounds. On nearly two-thirds of the farms the horses weigh from 

 1,300 to 1,400 pounds, only a small percentage weighing less than 

 1,100 or over 1,500. These horses are considerably heavier than those 



