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BUI^LETI]^ 961, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



In this region oats are usually either cut by hand, bound and fed 

 in the sheaf, or cut with a mower, raked, and fed as a hay crop. 

 Oats are yery seldom thrashed as a grain crop. Binders are very 

 seldom used. (See Table XLIII.) 



Table XIjIII. — Harvesting oats. 



Mowing (4J-foot cut) 



Cutting by hand 



Binding by hand 



Shocking by hand . . , 



Crew. 



Men. Mules. 



Num- 

 ber of 



ports. 



Average 

 acreage 



per 



day. 



7.60 

 3.24 

 3.33 

 7.06 



Acreage reported 

 most frequently. 



Scattering. 

 3 (11 reports). 

 3 (12 reports). 

 6 (8 reports). 



The duty of two-men crews with a team, hauling oats, is shown in 



Table XLIV: 



Table XLIV. — Hauling oats for grain. 





Number 



of 

 reports. 



Average 

 acreage 

 per day. 



Acreage reported 

 most frequently. 



Yield per acre: 



1 2 to 61 bushels . . 



23 

 10 



8.04 

 7.45 



/6 (5 reports). 

 \l0 (5 reports). 



Hauling oats for hay to barn: 



h to li tons 







LABOR REQUIREMENTS OF OATS. 



The labor required per acre on oats is shown in Table XLV. This 

 table presents figures for operations at preparation work, seeding, 

 and harvesting when the crop is handled either as a grain crop or as 

 a hay crop. When oats are harvested as a grain crop, cutting and 

 binding is usually done by hand. Up to the time of harvest there is 

 no difference in the operations, hence the duplication of figures in the 

 columns do%\Ti to the time of cutting. 



Table XLV. — Labor requirements -per acre for oats. 





Oats for grain. 



Oats for hay. 



Operation. 



Hours per acre. 



Number 



of 

 reports. 



Hours per acre. 



Number 



of 

 reports. 





Man. 



Mule. 



Man. 



Mule. 



Cut stalks 









1.2 

 7.1 

 1.6 

 1.1 



.7 



2.4 

 10.1 

 6.0 

 2.0 



8 



Break. . 



7.1 



10.1 



28 



19 



Disk 



8 



Harrow . 



i.i 



.7 

 3.3 



2.0 



17 

 26 

 25 



18 





20 















2.4 

 .6 



1.3 

 1.2 



21 



Rake 









19 



Bind 



3.4 

 1.4 

 3.6 





24 

 24 

 30 





Shock 











Haul 



3.2 



3.6 



3.2 



20 







