STANDARD DAY S WORK IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS. 



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The most coninion unit for plowinfr in the western New York tirea 

 is the 2-horse walking ])low, and with it one man covers only about 

 one-thircl as much ground per day as does one man Avith the 5-horse 

 gang in central Illinois. Even with the 3-horse sulky, which is in 

 use in both sections, the average accomplishment of these Illinois 

 farmers exceeds that of those of the New York area by over 30 per 

 cent. Part of this difference is doubtless due to the easier plowing 

 conditions in Illinois, as mentioned above. 



There is a greater dift'erence betw^een the acres covered per day by 

 one man with the spike-tooth harrow in the two areas than with any 

 other implement shown in the table, one man in central Illinois ac- 

 complishing over three times as much as one man in western New 

 Y'ork. 



OPERATIONS ON THE CORN CROP. 



Table XXXIII shows in comparison the rates of doing work on 

 the corn crop with the implements and crews in most common use 

 in the two areas. The figures for planting apply to corn in rows 

 42 inches apart. In western New York corn is generally planted with 

 the grain drill, this implement planting two rows at a time, covering 

 about the same acreage per day as the two-row planter. The Illinois 

 men use the planter exclusively for both checkrowing and drilling, 

 and in drilling cover nearly twdce as much per day as do the New 

 Yorkers who drill with grain drills. 



Table XXXIII. 



— Operations on 



the corn crop. 









McLean Coimty, 111. 



Western New York . 



Implement or operation. 



Most 



common 



size. 



Number 



of 

 horses. 



Acres 

 per 

 day. 



Most 



common 



size. 



Number 



of 

 horses. 



Acres 

 per 

 day. 



1 

 Grain dn'll ! - 







2-row 



...do 



2 

 2 



11.60 





2-ro-w — 

 do.... 



2 

 2 



20.00 

 17.80 



10. 7o 





Walking cultivator 







1 

 2 



4.10 





1-row 



2-row 



2 

 3 



7.80 

 13.80 

 1.28 

 7.66 

 2.97 

 1.67 



1-row 



7.10 



Do 





Cutting com by hand 







1.12 







3 





3 



5.70 



Shocking com after binder 







3.35 







2 









Husking com from sliock 









.46 



















About a third of the reports from western New York stated that 

 the corn was planted in rows 36 inches apart, the remainder being 

 planted in rows 42 inches apart. The figures given in the table for 

 western Ncav York for the operations other than planting are aver- 

 ages of both sets of reports. The figures for the Illinois area are 

 averages of the performance in corn where the rows are 40 and 42 

 inches apart. 



On only one operation, that of shocking com after the binder, do 

 the western New York farmers accomplish more per man than do 

 those in the Illinois area. 



