STANDAKI) DAY S WORK IN CKNTTIAL IFJJNOIS. ' 13 



Tahj,e XII. — ('i(llir(t1in</ corn villi l-roip, 2-liorKc ridiin/ ciillivator. 



Width of 

 row. 



Number of 

 reports. 



Acres per day. 



Average. 



Acreage most often 

 . reported. 



Inches. 

 •10 



42 



214 

 204 



7.0 



7..S 



17 (48 reports). 

 \H {119 reports). 

 (7 {61 reports). 

 \^{1U reports). 



It is nsually not possible lo inako as good progress in the first cul- 

 tivation as it is when the corn is lai-ger, and sometimes difficulty is 



Fi(i. 4. — The 2-rovv cultivator covers on an average 13.5 acres per day, one and three- 

 fourths times as much as the 1-row cultivator. 



experienced in going crosswise in checked rows. However, no at- 

 tempt was made to obtain figures applicable to these different condi- 

 tions, the farmers simply being asked to give their estimates of an 

 average day's work in cultivating corn. 



Tabi.e XIII. — Cultivating corn ivith tipo-roio cultivator. 



Width of 

 rom. 



Number of 

 horses. 



Number of 

 reports. 



Acres per day. 



Average. 



Acreage most often 

 reported. 



Inches. 

 40 

 40 

 42 

 42 



3 

 4 

 3 

 4 



90 

 20 



81 

 11 



14.0 



• 14.2 



13.5 



15.1 



/14 {11 reports). 

 \15 {31 reports). 



Scattering. 

 n4{U reports). 

 \l5 {19 reports). 



Scattering. 



