8 BULLETIN 560, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



fodder was fed in the place of hay; a part of the time in February 

 hay was again substituted for corn fodder. Straw was used for 

 bedding only. 



On the New York farm, corn, oats, rye, and hay were fed throughout 

 the year. Greater quantities of these were fed during May and 

 June, while from October to February there was a marked decrease 

 in the quantities fed. As in Ohio, straw was used for bedding only. 



LABOR COSTS. 



"Labor" includes the number of hours of both man and horse 

 labor devoted to feeding and taking care of the horses, cleaning 

 stalls, hauling feed and supplies, and to any other labor performed 

 for the benefit of the horse. The hauling of manure from the bam 

 and barnyards is not charged against the horses, but becomes a part 

 of the manure cost charged to the crop on which it is applied. 



Table 7. — Number of hours; cost per hour, and total cost per horse of man and horse 

 labor devoted to the care of horses, by States (27 farms, 316 horses). 





Illinois (154 horses). Ohio (72 horses). i New York (90 horses). 



Kind of labor. 



Hours. 



Cost T t , , j Cost 



& 28? jh^s. ^ 



Total 

 cost. 



Hours. 



holir. ; cost - 





85.2 

 13.1 



Cents, i 



14. 95 S12. 74 164. 6 

 9.56 1.25 8.2 



Cents. 



16.00 

 13. 90 



826. 34 

 1.14 



127.3 

 8.5 



Cents, j 

 16. 40 S20. 88 





14.22 1.21 









Total 





13.99 



27. 48 





22.09 

















Next after feed, labor was the highest item of cost in caring for the 

 horse, varying from 13 to 21 per cent of the total cost in the three 

 States. Of the labor cost, 94.3 per cent was for man labor. It will 

 be seen that the man-labor cost on the Ohio farms was more than 

 double the cost on those in Illinois, and that on the New York farms 

 it was more than one and one-half times the cost in Illinois. Or, hi 

 terms of hours, 85 man-hours per year were devoted on an average 

 to the care of each horse hi Illinois, while 127 and 165 hours, respec- 

 tively, were so devoted in New York and Ohio. 



A study of the data shows that on an average each horse in 

 Illinois was pastured a greater number of days than in either of the 

 other States, thus requiring comparatively less attention. On the 

 Ohio and New York farms a number of horses were stabled through- 

 out the entire year, and hence required more attention than those on 

 the farms where pasture was used. It also shows that in Ohio the 

 care of horses on some farms was very high as compared with data 

 on other farms in the three States; hence the high average cost for 

 the farms in this State. 



