UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 814 



OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 



Contribution from the Office of Farm Manatfement 



H. C. TAYLOR, Chief 



Washington, D. C. 



April 24, 1920 



THE STANDARD DAY'S WORK IN 

 CENTRAL ILLINOIS 



PERFORMANCE OF IMPLEMENTS AND CREWS 



AS INDICATED BY REPORTS FROM 600 FARMS 



IN A TYPICAL CORN-BELT AREA 



By 



H. R. TOLLEY, Scientific Assistant, and 

 L. M. CHURCH, Assistant in Farm Accounting 



CONTENTS 



Pago 



fotradnctton 1 



Sammary of Results 2 



General Condition! 3 



Plowing 4 



The Disk Harrow 9 



The'SpIke-Tooth Harrow ... 10 



Planting Com 11 



Cuiavating Cora 12 



Cottlnc Cora 14 



Page 



Husking Com 17 



Seeding Grain . . ~ . . . . 19 



Harvesting Grain 21 



Unloading Grain S3 



Haying Operations .<»... 23 



Hauling and Spreading Manuro . 24 

 Comparison of Illinois and New York 



Practices 30 



WASHINGTON 



CM)TEBNM£NT PRINTING OFFICE 



1920 



