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“Plowing out. One man and four horses will plow out 
24 acres per day. 
“Hauling. One man and four horses will haul twelve 
tons per day. 
“According to this schedule, the number of man and 
horse hours required per acre of beets for work done every 
year is as follows: 
Hours PER ACRE 
Men Horses 
Spreading manure. ... . 10.0 20.0 
Plowing .. dh oe 5.0 25.0 
Harrowing three ‘times eee 3 1.9 5.7 | 
Floating two times. . .. . 2.0 8.0 
Planting . . 2... ... 11 2.2} 
Rolling . . a ee ae 0.7 1.4 
Cultivating four times es 5.0 10.0 
Furrowing ....... 0.7 1.4 
Irrigating 2} times. . ... 7.5 —_— 
Plowing out . ...... 4.4 17.6 
Hauling (12 tons) . . .. . 10.0 40.0 
Totals 2. as. awe ce ee ck ee 48.3 131.3 
“Tn addition to this in the above schedule, it is calcu- 
lated that alfalfa is broken every fourth year, and that, 
therefore, one-fourth of the time required to break an 
acre of alfalfa should be charged against every year’s 
beet crop. 
“The total work required to break an acre of alfalfa, 
according to this schedule, is as follows : 
