COST OF KEEPING FARM HORSES. 



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and in different States from about 1 day to 5f days per month. On 

 an average the horses were idle the fewest days in Illinois and the 

 most in New York. Weather conditions and the farming systems 

 followed were influencing factors in this variation from month to 

 month. 



170 

 160 

 150 



140 

 130 

 ■ 20 

 110 

 10 100 



a. 



D 



O 90 



I 



80 

 TO 

 60 

 50 

 40 

 30 

 20 



10 







JAN.| FEB.|MAR.| APR. 



MAY 



JUKI. 



JUL. 



AUG.. 



SEP. 



OCT. 



NOV. 



DEC. 



HORSE LABOR 

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.— NEW YORK 



Fig. 5. — Average number of total hours of extra horse labor employed, 

 by months. 



Table 14. — Average number of week days when no horse labor was performed, by months. 



Illinois 

 (10 farms). 



Ohio 



(7 farms). 



New York 

 (10 farms). 



January . . . 

 February.. 



March 



April 



May 



.lime 



•July 



August 



September. 

 October . . . 

 November. 

 December . 



Total 



8.3 

 5.8 

 7.0 

 2.7 

 5.0 

 1.1 

 1.2 

 3.8 

 3.0 

 3.5 

 1.9 

 5.1 



9.7 

 7.0 

 6.8 

 4.6 

 2.2 

 2.5 

 3.1 

 2.1 

 4.0 

 5.4 

 3.5 

 7.6 



12.4 

 9.5 



12.0 

 4.6 

 1.3 

 1.2 

 1.5 

 5.3 

 3.5 

 4.8 

 5.8 



11.3 



73.2 



