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Table 4. — Labor requirements for corn per acre once over in Ohio. 

 [Adapted from Ohio Station Bulletin 266.] 



Operation. 



Hours per acre. 1 



Operation. 



Hours per acre. 



Man. 



Horse. 



Man. 



Horse. 



Mnnnrft 



11.79 

 .81 



5.44 

 .99 



1.02 

 .93 



.76 



1.58 

 .76 

 2.38 

 1.50 

 .93 

 1.85 

 1.17 



.71 



.70 



.74 



17.65 

 .08 



13.16 

 2.68 

 2.96 

 2.51 

 1.61 



1.58 

 1.52 



Cultivating— Continued. 



Cultivating, 2 horses 



1.68 

 12.23 



9.06 

 2.53 



2.59 

 3.53 



1.61 

 23.23 

 14.41 

 3.90 

 2.45 



10.77 

 12.73 

 4.95 

 7.15 







3.36 



Preparation of seed bed: 





Harvesting: 





Harrowing (spike) 



Disking 





Cutting by machine 



Cutting silage corn by 

 machine 



3.86 



Planking 





Rolling..! 



5.00 





Shocking 





Marking out, 1 horse 



Marking out, 2 horses 



Planting by hand 



Drilling 



Picking up ear corn after 

 binder 



2.23 



Filling silo i 



19.50 



1.82 

 1.86 



Husking by hand 



Hauling com 2 





Planting, 2 horses 



6.45 





Hauling fodder 2 



3.34 



Replanting pai't area 



Harrowing after planting. 



Rolling after planting 



Using weeder 





Snapping, jerking, and 



husking from stalk 



Husking and shredding.. . 



Shffiflrllng 





1.64 

 1.40 



.74 



13.80 



12.02 



4.33 



Hauling shock corn 



9.05 







1 Includes the time for cutting the com in the field. 2 After com has been husked from shock in field. 



The following data were obtained in a southern area studied by the Office of Farm. 

 Management of the U. S. Department of Agricultm'e: 



Table 5. — Labor on corn, Coastal Plain, central Georgia. 

 [77 records, average yield 24.5 bushels per acre.]' 



Operation. 



Cut stalks, plow and harrow. 



Lay off, bed^ etc 



Plant, fertilize, cultivate 



Pull fodder (295 pounds per 

 day) 



Man- 

 hours. 



7.5 

 2.5 

 13.1 



10.3 



Mule- 

 hours. 1 



9.4 

 3.6 

 13.7 



Operation. 



Harvesting . 

 Total. 



Man- 

 hours. 



7.0 



40.4 



Mule- 

 hours. 1 



3.5 



30.2 



1 Note the relatively small amount of mule labor. 



These conditions are average rather than ideal, as the yield of 24.5 bushels testifies, 

 but it is not evident to what extent the figures would be modified by improved prac- 

 tice. Factors which are found in intermediate States are illustrated in the following 

 list of operations. Not all of the operations were used on any one field. 



Table 6. — Labor on corn, Warren County, Ky. 



Operation. 



Manuring 



Breaking 



Rebreaking 



Disking^ twice 



Harrowmg, twice 



Drag 



Rolling and laying oS 



Planting 



Harrowing 



Man- 

 hours. 



10.0 

 4.0 

 4.0 

 2.6 

 2.2 

 1.1 

 1.4 

 . 7 

 2.2 



Horse- 

 hours. 



20.0 



12.0 



12.0 



10.4 



4.4 



2.2 



1.4 



1.4 



4.9 



Operation. 



Thinning 



Cultivating, 4 J times. 

 Cutting and shocking 



Pulling ears 



Cribbing 



Hauling fodder 



Shredding 



Silo 



Man- 

 hours. 



2.0 

 6.0 

 6.6 

 7.7 

 2.0 

 3.3 

 13.4 

 20.0 



Horse- 

 hours. 



2.0 



6.6 



15.5 



23.0 



Table 7. — Labor on eight farms in Arkansas. 



Crop. 



Man- 

 hours. 



Horse- 

 hours. 



Com - - - - 



41.75 

 C9.40 

 104. 30 



44. 28 



Cotton 





36. 50 



Sweet potatoes 





64.30 









