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BULLETIN 814^ U, S. DEPARTMEI^T 0¥ AGRICULTURE. 



It will be seen (Table XIII) that a majority of the farmers using 

 the 2-row cultivator hitch three horses to it. It is of comparatively 

 light draft, and the addition of a fourth horse apparently increases 

 but little the ground covered per day. 



While the 2-row machine theoretically should cover twice as much 

 ground per day as the 1-row, in practice it covers on the average only 

 about one and three-quarters times as much. This comparatively 

 lower rate of work is probably due to the greater difficulty expe- 

 rienced by the operator in handling the larger machine and the 

 larger team. 



Fig. S.^One man cuts and shocks by hand about 1.25 acres of corn per day. 



About 65 per cent of tlie reports showed either 7 or 8 acres as an 

 average day's work with the 1-row cultivator. About 55 per cent 

 gave from 14 to 16 acres as a day's work for the 2-row implement, 

 but only 6 per cent of them gave more than 16 acres. 



CUTTING CORN. 



The amount of live stock kept on these farms is small as compared 

 to the amount of corn raised, and only a small part of the corn is cut 

 either for fodder or ensilage, the remainder bemg husked from the 

 standing stalks. Thus the work of cutting com is not so well stand- 

 ardized as are some of the more important farm operations, and most 

 of it is done by hand. Only about one-third of the farmers reported 

 the use of corn binders. 



CUTTING AND SHOCKING BY HAND. 



Each of the farmers was asked to give his estimate of the amount 

 of corn one man should cut and shock by hand in a day under vary- 



