NORMAL DAY S WORK IN WESTERN NEW YORK. 



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increased by additional men/ two men and two horses adding only 

 half an acre, or about 15 per cent to the amomit done daily. Two 

 additional men and an extra team are nsed more frequently, however, 

 than are smaller numbers, these being sufhcient when properly 

 directed to keep the transplanter constantly at work. 



Table XXV.- 



-Afair day's luorh in setting cabbage, using three men on the transplanter 

 and additional men and horses as indicated. 



Extra 

 men. 



Extra 

 horses. 



Acres 

 planted 

 daily. 



Number 

 averaged. 







3.4 

 3.4 

 3.5 

 3.5 

 3.7 

 3.8 

 4.0 



53 



42 

 65 

 47 

 83 

 30 

 155 



1 

 2 

 1 

 2 

 1 

 2 







1 

 1 

 2 

 2 



Table XXVI shows the average number of loads and tons of cab- 

 bage that can be harvested daily and unloaded on the farm. The 

 smaller crews are most frequently used. The larger crews do not 

 accomphsh results in proportion to their size. Two men and two 

 horses and four men and four horses are the most efficient per man 

 and per horse. 



Table XXVI. — A fair day's work for crews harvesting cabbage and sorting in the barn. 





Crews. 

















Loads 

 daily. 



Tons 

 daily. 



Number 

 averaged. 









Men. 



Horses. 



Wagons. 









2 



2 



1 



7.4 



9.8 



142 



3 



2 



1 



8.0 



11.4 



107 



4 



2 



1 



9.4 



13.5 



50 



4 



4 



2 



12.3 



16.4 



48 



.6 



4 



2 



14.9 



20.7 



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Where the cabbage is hauled directly from the field to market, the 

 number of loads that can be handled daily with the respective crews 

 is as showTi in Table XXVII. On account of its great weight and 

 bulk, cabbage is not grown to any considerable extent on farms over 

 5 or 6 miles from market, the greater part of this crop being produced 

 on farms that are from 2 to 4 miles from shipping point. 



