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Table 10. — -Labor required per acre for strawberries, Boivling Green, Ky} 



First year. 



Manure 



Breaking 



Rebreaking 



Disking 



Harrowing twice 



Lay off twice 



Planting 



Cultivate 10-20.. 



Hoe 



Man- 

 hours. 



Horse- 

 hours. 



20.0 



4.0 



4.0 



2.5 



2.0 



2.0 



33.3 



49.5 



24.0 



40.0 



40.0 

 11.2 

 11.2 

 7.0 

 6.0 

 6.0 



49.5 

 48.0 



Second year. 



Mulch 



Pick 



Pack and grade. 



Nail boxes 



Hauling 



Bar off 



Cross harrow... 



Cultivate 



Hauling 



Man- 

 hours. 



10.0 



320.0 



32.0 



16.0 



17.0 



3.3 



1.6 



4.0 



50.0 



25.0 



4.0 



Horse- 

 hours. 



1 Two and three horse teams were used except in some of the cultivating. 



Since the picHng and marketing is so large a part of the labor and must vary with 

 the crop, totals would be of comparatiA'ely little value here. These items will serve 

 as a guide in inspecting a record, however. 



Table 11. — Selected miscellaneous estimates. 

 [Adapted from studies in New York State.] 



Project. 



Man- 

 hours. 



Horse- 

 hours. 



Project. 



Man- 

 hoOTs. 



Horse- 

 hours. 



Hay and al falf a, each cutting . . 

 Corn, all kinds, per acre 



10.0 

 60.0 

 50.0 

 120.0 

 150. 

 150. 

 10.0 

 150.0 



10.0 

 70.0 

 50.0 

 100.0 

 120.0 

 150. 

 10.0 

 20.0 





5.0 



30.0 

 5.0 

 1.5 

 1.5 

 3.0 

 150.0 



0.3 



Brood sow and pigs until 



5.0 



Potatoes, per acre 



Other hogs, each 



1.0 







.2 



Truck crops, per acre 



Pullets, per head 



.2 



Truck crops (per S5 received) . 

 Cows, each 



Bees, per swarm 



.6 



Retail milk, per cow 



150.0 









The following table copied from Farmers' Bulletin 661, Method of Analyzing the 

 Farm Business, gives standards which may be modified as local experience may render 

 advisable : 



Table 12. — Approximate toorh units needed for the production of crops and in caring for 

 live stock, etc., a work unit being a 10-hour day of man or horse labor. 



Operation. 



"Work units (lO-hour 

 days). 



Man. 



Horse. 



Production of crops (per acre): 



Timothy, alfalfa, and clover hay, per cutting 



Oats, wheat^ barley, rye, buckwheat, and miller — 

 Com husked, from standing stalks, com-belt States. 



Com husked from shock 



Com for silo 



Com husked, Southern States 



Potatoes 



Cotton 



Sugar beets 



Melons - - 



Peanuts 



Sorghum sown broadcast, cut for hay 



Tobacco 



Field beans 



Apples 



Caring for live stock (per year): 



Horses, com-belt States 



Horses, Eastem States 



Dairy cows 



Young stock, cattle, colts, etc 



Ten hogs, com-belt States 



Ten hogs, Eastem States 



Ten brood sows and raising pigs to weaning 



100 ewes 



100 chickens (well cared for) 



1 

 2 

 to 3 

 6 

 to 6 

 to 4 

 to 12 

 to 12 



' i 

 13 

 3 



4 

 20 



8 



12 



to 20 



to 3 



10 



20 



30 



50 



to 25 



1 

 3 



5 



6 



5 to 7 



3 to 4 



10 



4 to 6 



7 

 2 

 12 

 1 

 4 

 7 



