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Fig. 4.— Average number of hours worked per horse, by months. 



Referring to figure 5, in which is shown the extra horse labor used 

 on the farms studied, it'is found that in Illinois the greatest amount 

 of extra horse labor was required during August. In Ohio and New 

 York the greatest amount appears in October. This extra horse 

 labor was usually exchange work among neighbors, the major part 

 being used in gram threshing, corn harvest, and fall seeding. 



NUMBER OF IDLE WEEK DAYS PER YEAR. 



As previously shown, each horse worked approximately three and 

 one-fourth hours per week day on an average throughout the year. 

 There were, however, on all of the farms a few week days in every 

 month when no horse labor was performed. (See Table 14.) In each 

 State over 50 per cent of the total number of week days during which 

 no horse labor was performed are found in the months of January, 

 February, March, and December. For the remainder of the year the 

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