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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 528 



OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 



Contribution from the Office of Farm Management 

 W. J. SPILLMAN, Chief 



Washington, D. C. 



April 13, 1917 



SEASONAL DISTRIBUTION OF FARM LABOR 

 IN CHESTER COUNTY, PA. 



By 



GEORGE A. BILLINGS, Agriculturist 



CONTENTS 



Part I— CHESTER COUNTY (PA.) DATA 



Territory Surveyed and Method Used . 2 

 Labor Efficiency as Affected by Soil, To- 

 pography, and Field Arrangement . . 3 



Types of Farming 4 



Available Time for Field Operations . . 8 



Period of Performing Field Operations . 9 



Succession of Operations 9 



Crews and Machinery 11 



Summary of Labor Requirements of 



Crops 17 



Part n— HOW TO USE THE FOREGOING DATA. 



Description of Farm Selected 20 



Determining Labor Requirements of Old 



System 22 



Replanning Cropping System 25 



Comparative Labor Requirements ... 28 



Comparative Returns 28 



Conclusion 29 



WASHINGTON 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1917 



