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BULLETIN 385, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTUKE. 



SELECTED CLUB RECORDS OF BOYS' AND GIRLS' WORK. 



Up to the time this li.st is compiled, club work has varied much in the several 

 States and labor records have not as yet formed a basis for estimates of credit. Some 

 records are available in detail and others as summaries ; some were based upon one 

 conception of labor units and some on another idea. Yet the figures which follow 

 should give some assistance in making estimates until such a time as the local records 

 become a satisfactory basis of credit. If boys and girls are led to take an interest in 

 getting these accurate records rather than to subordinate everything to winning prizes, 

 the value of their records will be considerable. 



Table 13. — Specimen labor records of corn-club boys in Northern States. 



State^ 



Prepara- 

 tion of 

 land. 



Plant- 

 ing. 



Culti- 

 vating. 



Hoeing. 



Gather- 

 ing. 



Total. 



Yield. 



Cost. 



New York < 



New Jersey 



Pennsylvania < 



Iowa < 



Illinois { 



45 



6J 

 10* 



4' 

 10 



2i 

 17" 



n 

 l" 



3 



^ 

 u 



11 



14 

 10 



2 

 15 



6 



ii 



6 



5 



40 

 110 

 20 

 50 

 32 

 9 

 30 

 10 



194 



39-1 



61' 



95 



35 



47* 



31" 



24 



Bushels. 

 61 



40 

 102 

 94 

 93 



84 

 120 



88 

 48 



$26.40 

 31.30 

 21.05 

 51.25 

 28.75 

 11.45 

 16.13 

 10.90 

 10.58 



Table 14. — Georgia corn-club labor records. 



Prepara- 

 tion. 



Cultiva- 

 tion. 



Harvest- 

 ing. 



Total. 



Yield. 











Bushels. 



13 



9 



6 



28 



50 



18 



7 



15 



40 



59 



16 



26 



64 



96 



103 



9 



30 



15 



54 



57i- 



16 



16 



30 



62 



147 



Cost. 



Boy 1 

 Boy 2 

 Boy 3 

 Boy 4 

 Boy 5 



$12. 50 

 33.62 

 37.72 

 25.16 

 33.70 



Table 15. — West Virginia corn-club labor records. 



Boy 1 

 Boy 2 

 Boy 3 

 Boy 4 

 Boy 5 

 Boy 6 



Preparar 

 tion. 



Hi 



15 

 31 

 13 

 33 

 14 



Cultiva- 

 tion. 



Harvest- 

 ing. 



Total. 



60J 

 76J 



103 

 113 



Yield. 



Bushels. 

 150 

 55 

 60 

 48^ 

 49 

 83i 



Cost. 



$23.50 

 19.90 

 14.30 

 18.45 

 24.00 

 29.59 



The average of 12 West Virginia boys, who raised 100 bushels or more of corn, was 

 103 hom's of labor per acre. 



Table 16. — Arkansas corn-club labor records. 





Prepara- 

 tion. 



Cultiva- 

 tion. 



Harvest- 

 ing. 



Total. 



Yield. 



Maximum . . 



36 



4 



48 

 5 



26 

 6 



92 



17 



Bushels. 

 142 





32 









15 



20 



14 



4Si 



75 







Maximum labor record gave minimum yield. 

 Men's average for the same section, 47.8 hours. 



