SUPPLEMENTARY TABLES OF LABOR REQUIREMENTS. 



The following tables are selected with a view to assisting the school officials and 

 teachers in three ways. In the first place, they tend to verify the statement that 

 unifonn records are not obtainable and that this problem is more or less local. It is 

 also hoped that they give evidence of some of the factors which need consideration. 

 Finally, it is probable that the selection and adoption of units and ratios from these 

 tables may prove a good starting point in any community, these figures to be modified 

 as local records are compiled. 



Table 1. — Labor requirements for different crops. 

 [Average number of hours by sections, and the average of all the sections; also man and horse labor rates.] i 



Enterprise. 



Illinois 

 average. 



New York 

 average. 



Iowa 

 average. 



Pennsylvania 

 average. 



Total 

 average. 





Man. 



Horse. 



Man. 



Horse. 



Man. 



Horse. 



Man. 



Horse. 



Man. 



Horse. 



Com (grain) , per acre 



20.6 



45.2 



77.0 

 43.2 

 97.6 

 (Scut 



59.3 



55.7 

 81.8 

 tings) 



23.1 

 34.5 

 51.8 

 22.9 



51.0 

 61.7 

 89.7 

 31.6 



67.6 

 58. 3 

 122.9 

 34.4 



42.5 

 50.9 

 95.8 

 19.6 



47.8 

 43.9 

 87.6 

 20.6 



162.3 



101.8 



142.0 



128.5 



1.5 



15.7 



9.0 



12.3 



20.9 



27.7 



33.9 



90.5 



116.7 



10.2 



8.7 



12.3 



9.6 



$0. 154 



51.9 

 57 1 









85 6 



Alfalfa (harvesting). 

 Apples (bearing), per 



14.0 



15.0 



22.1 

 53 4 



Horses, per animal 



79.1 

 126.2 



9.0 



16.8 



118.7 



153.4 



226.6 

 1.2 



19.7 



10.6 



9.9 



25.9 



6.3 



8.2 



19.0 



1.8 



25.2 



21.5 



7.6 



39.2 



99.6 



3.7 



151.5 



175.8 



17.5 



7 1 



Cows, per animal 



12 3 



Poultry, per 100-hen 







16 



Manure, per ton 



Oats, per acre 



Wheat (seeding), per 



1.8 

 11.4 



7.0 



14.0 



3.5 

 21.9 



27.3 



17.2 



.9 

 14.6 



4.9 



12.5 



15.9 



1.7 

 23.8 



18.7 



12.5 



22.8 



2.1 



2.6 



2.4 

 23.7 



12.3 

 25.1 



27.7 

 23.4 



22 6 



Wheat (harvesting). 



11 5 



Wheat (complete). 



31 



Beef cattle, per ani- 

 mal unit 











15.5 



Sheep, per animal 



















6.7 



Peaches (bearing), 



















33.8 



Pears (bearing), per 



















45.1 



Timothy hay, per 

 acre 



















9.1 



Timothy seed, per 

 acre 



















9.2 



Clover hay, per acre . 



















12.2 





















9.1 



Labor rate, per hour . 



$0,164 



$0,105 



SO. 155 



$0. 165 



$0. 127 



SO. 123 



^ SO. 091 



2 $0,072 



SO. 129 



1 Adapted from unHuished studies of the Office of Farm 



2 North Carolina. 



, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 

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