KORMAL DAY S WORK IN WESTERN" NEW YORK. 



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drawn by two horses and having two long knives, each of which cuts 

 a row, the two rows being thrown in the center between the rows. 

 The beans are then thrown into small piles with a pitchfork, and 

 from time to time the piles are forked and turned over, so that the 

 .pods will dry out and cure suitably for threshing. 



Table XX. — A fair day's work for the operations in bean growing. 



Operation. 



Plantuig with grain drill 



Harvesting with bean harvester. 



Bunching with fork 



Forking with fork 



Horses. 



Men. 



Acres 

 daily. 



10.9 

 7.6 

 2.8 

 2.7 



Number 

 averaged. 



1,040 



793 

 819 



In Table XXI the acreage that can be cleared in a day in hauling 

 in the bean crop is shown for the crews commonly used in this section. 

 Doubhng the crew does not quite double the acreage cleared daily. 

 Crews larger than two or three men are not very common, since the 

 system of farming is such that the field work can be chiefly done with 

 one regular hired man and members of the family. 



Table XXI. — A fair day's work for crews in hauling beans from field to barn. 



Crews. 



Acres 

 cleared 

 daily. 



Number 

 averaged. 



Men. 



Horses. 



Wagons. 



2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 



2 

 2 



4 

 4 

 4 



1 

 1 

 2 

 2 

 2 



5.5 

 6.5 

 10.3 

 10.9 

 12.2 



459 



355 



64 



35 



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HAYING OPERATIONS. 



In Table XXII is shown the daily duty of men and implements in 

 the haying operations preparatory to hauling into the barn or stack- 

 ing. The averages for mowing, rakmg, tedding, and cocking are 

 substantially the same as the averages for the United States as a 

 wjiole. 



Table XXII. — A fair day's vjorkfor implements, men, awl teams used in making hay. 



Operation. 



Men. 



ilor.sos. 



Width. 



Acres 

 daily. 



Number 

 averaged. 





1 



1 



1 



1 



1 



2 



Feet. 



1 t 



10 

 10 

 10 

 10 



8.3 

 9.0 

 10.2 

 15.0 

 17.(i 

 l.i. 1 



i(;.:i 



11. 3 



<;. 3 

 J 



32 

 974 

 195 

 175 



89 



KM 



(158 



1,01-1 



Haking 



IJunrhing 



Tclfling 













