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BULLETIN 061, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



Sometimes corn is harrowed broadcast with a section harrow before 

 cultivating, but the number of farmers who do this is so small that 

 no figures for this operation are presented. It will be noted that 

 the rate of work in cultivating corn middles is practically the same 

 as for the like operation on cotton. 



Table XX. 



-Creio duty at barring off corn with turnplow — tivo furrows, one man, 

 and one mule. 



Width of 

 row. 



Number 

 of 



reports. 



Average 

 acreage 

 per day. 



Acreage reported 

 most frequently. 



31 feet 



4feet 



4ifeet 



16 



24 

 10 



3.40 



3.77 

 4.11 



/3 (6 reports). 

 \3J (7 reports). 



4 (16 reports). 



4 (5 reports). 



Table XXI. 



-Cultivating corn before and after barring off — one man, one mule, two 

 furrows. 



Width of 

 row. 



Number 



of 

 reports. 



Average 

 acreage 

 per day. 



Acreage reported 

 most frequently. 



BJfeet 



4feet 



4J feet 



19 



26 

 10 



3.39 



4.08 

 4.11 



/3 (7 reports). 

 \3J (8 reports). 



4 (16 reports). 



4 (5 reports). 



Table XXII. — Cultivating corn ivithout barring off. 





Width of 

 row. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 reports. 



Crew. 



Average 

 acreage 

 per day. 



Acreage reported 





Man. 



Mules. 



most frequently. 





4 feet 



do.... 



19 



17 



15 

 70 

 12 

 11 

 10 





1 



2 



7.89 



7.17 



3.63 

 3.82 

 4.08 

 4.68 

 4.94 





Do 



n (5 reports). 

 \8 (7 reports). 

 3i (9 reports). 





3Jfeet 



4 feet 



4* feet 



5feet 



Do 



4 (40 reports). 



Do 



4 (6 reports). 



Do 



5 (6 reports). 



Do 



6feet 



Scattering. 



Table XXIII. — Cultivating corn middles. 





Width of 

 row. 



Crew. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 reports. 



Average 

 acreage 

 per day. 



Acreage reported 





Man. 



Mules. 



most frequently. 





SJfeet 



4feet 



41 feet 



4 feet 



1 



1 



1 



1 



1 



1 



1 

 2 



25 



72 



12 



22 



6.96 



7.56 



8.33 

 3.81 



n 14( reports). 

 \6 (6 reports). 

 /7 (12 reports). 

 \8 (49 reports). 

 8 (6 reports). 



Do 



Do 





4 (15 reports). 







In this area corn is frequently gone over twice with the hoe, the 

 first time for the purpose of thinning and the second time for the 

 purpose of hoeing out weeds and grass. 



