NORMAL DAY S WOEK IK WESTERN NEW YORK. 

 Table XIV. — A fair day's toorh iviih the implements used in planting corn. 



Implement. 



Width of 

 rows. 



Hand planter '{ 



One row, l-horse planter l 



Two rows, 2-liorse planter I 



Grain drill, 2 horses I 



Inches. 

 36 

 42 

 36 

 42 

 36 

 42 

 36 

 42 



Acres 



Number 



daily. 



averaged. 



2.9 



74 



3.4 



113 



4.6 



62 



5.2 



93 



9.1 



84 



10.7 



124 



11.3 



192 



11.6 



533 



Table XV indicates that the 2-liorse walking cultivator is about 

 50 per cent more efficient than the l-horse cultivator, and the 2-horse 

 riding cultivator is about 75 per cent more efficient than the l-horse 

 type. The l-horse walking cultivator is being displaced by the 

 2-horse riding type, since the extra horse on the latter is more eco- 

 nomical of man time. .• 



Table XV. — A fair day's work in cultivating corn. 



Horses 

 used. 



Type of cultivator. 



Acres culti- 

 vated daily. 



Number 

 averaged. 



1 



2 

 2 



Walking 



4.1 

 6.2 

 7.1 



1,077 



560 



1,133 



do 







In Table XVI the average acreage of corn cut by one man working 

 with a com knife is shown for increasing yields in terms of ears per 

 acre. About one acre is a good day's work where the yield is over SO 

 bushels, and one and one-third acres can be cut where the yield is 

 less than 40 bushels. The averages for western New York for this 

 operation are about 25 per cent less than the normal for the United 

 States, the yield being the same. This may be accounted for in 

 part by the fact that com in New York is planted in drills instead 

 of in hills, requiring more blows of the knife to cut a given number 

 of stalks; also because a short-handled sickle is used in the East 

 which requires much stooping, whUe a long straight-bladed knife 

 is used in the West, which permits the work to be done while standing 

 practically erect. 



Table XVI . — A fair day 's work for one man in cutting corn by hand. 



Range of yield 

 (bashels of ears}.' 



Acres 

 cut daily. 



Number 

 averaged. 



Under 40. 



i.'Z 



1.1 



17 

 1x7 

 iil2 

 580 



41 'iO 



f)l-8() . ... 



81 and over 



1 In Tables XV'I, XVIf, and X IX the yield of corn is expres.scd in bushels of ears, tliis l)oing l,ho customary 

 melliod of reckoning (x>m yields in western New Yorlt. To convert to bushels of .shelled corn divide by 2. 



