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BULLETIN 412j U. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 



Where com has been cut by a com binder, a man's efhciency in 

 setting it up into shocks is multiphed by 3 over what he can accom- 

 phsh in cutting and setting up by hand. Table XVII gives the daily 

 duty with increasing yields, there being a slight faUing off as the 

 yield per acre becomes heavier. 



Table XVII. — A fair day's work for a man setting up corn after the corn binder. 



Yield per 



acre (bushels 



of ears). 



Acres 

 per day. 



Number 

 averaged. 



50 



75 



100 



3.5 

 3.4 

 3.3 



102 



165 



474 



From Table XVIII it appears that a very large proportion of 

 farmers use three horses on the com binder. The amount accom- 

 pUshed daily is about 20 per cent less than the average for the United 

 States. The heavier average yields of corn in New York, as com- 

 pared with the general average, in part account for this, com not 

 being grown so extensively here as elsewhere, but more intensively. 



Table XVIII. — A fair day's work ivith the corn binder drawn by tivo and three horses 



respectively. 



Horses. 



Acres 

 cut daily. 



Number 

 averaged. 



2 

 3 



5.3 

 5.7 



190 

 1,001 



1 



In husking corn from the shock in western New York, one man 

 averages only from 65 to 75 per cent of the average for the United 

 States, about 35 bushels per day being the normal amount husked 

 in this section. Table XIX gives the average bushels per day and 

 acreage per day for the yields indicated. 



Table XIX. — A fair day's work for a man in husking corn from shock. 



Range of yield 

 (bushels of ears). 



Acres 

 per day. 



Bushels 

 per day. 



Number 

 averaged. 



Under 41.. 



41-60 



0.66 

 .62 



.47 

 .40 



36.3 

 32.2 

 32.6 

 36.0 



26 

 122 

 293 

 431 



61-80 



81 and over 



OPERATIONS ON THE BEAN CROP. 



In Table XX the average daily work that should be accomplished 

 in some of the field operations with the bean crop are shown. The 

 beans are planted with a grain drill, cultivated with the ordinary 

 cultivators, and harvested with a bean harvester, an implement 



