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Farm No. 2. 2.60 ton, per 10 hours labor. 

 Farm No. 3. 2.45 ton, per 10 hours labor. 

 Farm No. 4. 2.43 ton, per 10 hours labor. 

 Station Farm, 1893. 2.37 tons, per 10 hours labor. 



This shows that for each man working ten hours about two 

 and one-half tons of green fodder were placed in the silo. Esti- 

 mating labor at 15 cents per hour we have 58.6 cents as the cost 

 of putting one ton of green corn in the silo. 



In my field work I found that the average amount of green 

 fodder placed in the silo per man daily, as follows : 



Farm No. 1. 3.57 tons, per 9 hours labor. 



Farm No. 2. 7.34 tons, per 9 hours labor. 



Farm No. 3. 5.20 tons, per 9 hours labor. 



Farm No. 4. 4.28 tons, per 9 hours labor. 



Farm No. 5. 5.41 tons, per 9 hours labor. 



The average amount of green corn placed in the silo per 

 man in 9 hours was 4.7 tons. This shows that modern machin- 

 ery has greatly increased man's power, in the handling of green 

 corn. It should be remembered that when King, of VVisconsin, 

 obtained his results as to the amount of silage a man could put 

 up in 10 hours, that we did not have the modern machinery for 

 the filling of the silo. This undoubtedly accounts for the great 

 difference in results of the two reports. 



CUT 8— Shows low Platform Wagon. 



