28 BULLETIN Qm, U. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE, 



Table XVI. — Average time and cost of cultivating with 2 and 4 row implements. 



Implement. 



Crew. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 rec- 

 ords. 



Per 

 cent of 

 rec- 

 ords. 



Acres 

 culti- 

 vated. 



Times 

 culti- 

 vated. 



Hours per acre. 



Total 



cost per 



acre. 



Man. 



Horse. 



Man. 



Horse. 



2-row cultivator 



1 



1 



1 



2 



46 

 120 



27.7 

 72.3 



11.29 

 19.07 



4.44 

 3.87 



7.74' 

 4.09 



7.74 

 8.18 



$2.24 





1..56 







The 4-row cultivator, with its crew of one man and two horses, 

 assisted in reducing the number of man hours expended per acre, 

 and this in turn was the factor which lowered the total cost per 

 acre. It may not be advisable to maintain a 4-row cultivator 







Fig. 6 (B).— Cultivating sugar beets with a crew of one man and one horse. 



for every farm, but it ought to be possible to own and use such a 

 cultivator cooperatively. The necessary horsepower is available on 

 practically all farms, 



FURROWING. 



Furrowing out is done to open up furrows between the beet rows 

 prior to irrigation. There is a striking correspondence between the 

 furrowing out and the cultivation practice in these three districts. 

 This work is usually performed after the last cultivation. Special 

 attachments which take the place of the regular teeth are provided 

 with each beet cultivator. On many farms it is the custom to run 

 the water between every other row, alternating with each irrigation, 

 and these are the spaces which require special attention at the 

 completion of the last cultivation. There are other cases where the 



