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horses, and implements tlaan those ux vogue in this section. Hence, 

 in discussing the various operations in the following pages, compari- 

 sons are made between what farmers in New York accompUsh and 

 the average for the entire United States. 



A NORMAL DAY'S WORK. 



In the following summary table is shown the mean daily duty of 

 implements, workmen, and crews for various farm operations, aver- 

 ages for western New York, as determined by this investigation, 

 being compared with averages for the entire United States, as deter- 

 mined by a previous survey.^ In making these comparisons those 

 sizes of implements and crews were taken which are most generally 

 used and for which the largest numbers were reported. 



Table I.- — Summary and comparisons. 





Daily duty. 



Operation. 



Daily duty. 



Operation. 



Western 

 New 

 York 



average. 



United 



States 



average.! 



Western 

 New 

 York 



average. 



United 



States 



average.' 



Walking plow: 



2 horses, 12-inch 



Acres. 

 1.65 

 1.78 

 2.20 



13.0 

 17.3 



9.0 

 10.2 

 14.7 



7.5 

 8.2 

 11.1 

 13.8 

 10.0 

 10.4 

 7.5 



3.4 

 5.2 

 10.7 



4.1 



6.8 



1.1 



Acres. 

 1.76 

 2.32 

 2.40 



10.8 

 15.3 



7.4 

 8.2 

 13.1 



7.2 



7.5 

 12.8 

 13.2 



8.8 

 11.1 



9.3 



4.4 

 6.9 

 13.6 



4.4 

 6.6 



1.5 



Setting up corn after corn 

 binder, 1 man 



Acres. 

 3.4 



5.3 

 5.7 

 9.0 



15.0 

 17.6 

 14.3 

 6.3 



4.9 

 6.6 



Bushels. 

 52.3 

 70.0 



32.2 

 f 715.3 



1 Acres. 

 { 25.1 



Loads. 

 14.7 



Acres. 

 4.0 



3 horses, 14-inch 



Corn binder: 





Sulky plow, 3 horses, 14-inch. . 

 Spike-tooth harrow: 



2 horses, 8-foot 



6.6 



3 horses... 



7.3 



Mowing hay (Moot cut) 



Raking hay (10 feet wide): 

 1 horse 



8.9 



3 horses, 10-foot 





Spring-tooth harrow: 

 2 horses, 6-foot 



16.3 



2 horses 



17.9 



3 horses, 6-foot 



Tedding hay , 2 horses 



14.5 



4 horses, 8-loot. . . 



6.3 



Disk harrow, fresh plowed 

 land: 

 2 horses, 6-foot 



Hauling hay from field to 

 barn, 2 men and 2 horses: 



Unloading by hand 



Unloading with sling 



Picking apples: 



Yield 1 to 10 bushels 



Yield over 10 bushels 



Husking corn from shock, 1 

 man 



4.4 



3 horses, 6-foot. . . . 



6.1 



4 horses, 8-foot 





Land roller, 2 horses, 8-foot 



Grain drill, 2 horses, 6-foot 



Grain binder, 3 horses, 6-foot . . 

 Setting up bound grain, 1 man 

 Planting corn: 



Bushels. 

 34.0 

 44.8 



45.9 



Hand planter, 1 man 



1-horse, 1-row 



Threshing wheat from shock, 

 10 men and 6 horses 



Hauling manure with spreader 



679.0 



2-horse, 2-row 





Cultivating: 



1-horse 



29.5 



2-horse 





Cutting corn by hand, 1 man, 

 yield 41-60 bushels. 



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SOURCE OF DATA. 



The information made available in this bulletin was obtained from 

 farmers in Wayne, Ontario, Monroe, Genesee, Livingston, Orleans, 

 and Niagara Counties. A circular of inquiry afforded an oppor- 

 tunity for experienced farmers to record their knowledge as to what 

 constitutes a fair day's work under their conditions, and these records 

 were averaged and assembled in the tables which follow. 



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