yo BULLETIN 1202, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Each farmer was asked how many work stock he considered neces- 
sary for the proper operation of his farm, and it was found that there 
were only 25 surplus horses on the entire 85 farms. These men 
were keeping an average of 10.5 head—one for each 32 crop acres— 
and they considered that they needed 10.2 head, one for each 33 
crop acres. The crop area per horse is the same on the nontractor 
farms in the southern and northern areas as it was on the tractor 
farms before the machines were purchased, and about 10 per cent 
greater in the western area. 
TaBLE 60.—Hours of horse labor per farm on which tractors were not owned. 
Average number of hours per farm. 
Operation. 
Southern | Western | Northern All 
area. area. area. farms. 
ae DIOWING 2. Sooo ee coe ne nee oe eee 126 234 110 160 
SIP IOWINE. Ys 2. ik en eee ee terre ee ee 454 1, 084 850 814 
LUTE eae mi ARG MEE RERE NE GTR mi ac 9 2 615 7 0 191 
Total plowine and lishing. se sae eee ee 1, 195 1,325 960 1, 165 
IDiskineyplowediground =)... Owl. ee ee eee vee 270 0 32 | 93 
Disking wmplowedserounds: 47-502. Seek eee ee cee ee 86 Wiea| Pe OG 377 
arrOwane ie. 42 3. Aa ciao so sc ek es See ee Pits eae ae 741 68 203 318 
ROOT ie Ss oo ens os oe Sent ee eee a Ec a ee ees ee 586 6 0 182 
Other: fitting ground:.;.25.. 5s. Yess Eee eee 0 1 4 2 
Total fitting ground other than plowing and listing. .....-- 1, 683 850 446 | 972 
10 1 11 9 i li A os Pope AE ee bel AS arson 8 511 804 404 583 
iDrawine-prainsbinder .«. S-8 5-2 6 as. sh Sse tee eee ae 492 58 258 | 257 
AC KIMOO TIE te nn Ree oy SSE ee eR eee 0 44 60 | 36 
Drawinep header sore cn io b= etek Woke dr. a Oe Se eee Se 48 656 136 299 
iDrawine heaGer wagons: W.,./:2 sac. =e be soe oe eee ee 12 380 90 172 
Total harvesting grain crops...... Le PA et rake PE eee 552 1, 138 544 | 764 
ehrashing 2.-3sefo0. 22 ths Le Re ee eee eee 791 258 201 402 
Planting: row Crops: (2 2u22 see) UE oe yee ee Wot 103 321 370 270 
Cultivatin garowCropss: =. 22 3b loaeu. Seba fe ee ee ee 226 306 595 | 377 
Drawing row binder. ........... 5 eo orc yo a, ee 16 74 104 66 
Eiailinsiensilage; corms: 22082. # sc de on ae ee eee 6 0 9 5 
SKN COMIN. (3.2, ste 5. atten ee eR oe, See 96 271 330 | 237 
Motgléharvestimeirowicrops ls. se es ose ee eee eee 118 345 443 308 
MON ea y: «52 235 beck os Sa Pea A eee ae ae 74 41 58 56 
UKIN ORV Ae, 2! eo ee eer mee Loo See Bn ieee See 43 19 34 382 
oadime an dthauling hays ots Vite ae eae poe ee oe 73 46 24 47 
Sweeping. and stacking hays: (0.. -b-ms- 5 5th a ee eee 28 20 64 37 
Total haying operations> = fe se.) seo sehe | ees 218 126 180 172 
ailing teed. oe. 2c io ees hae he ee soe eee 262 | ° 493 257 345 
PPA IMANNINO S oe Pee 2 oe ee = ete Se oe ee ee 343 86 283 229 
Muscellaneous work on farm =... -£%. oo. - 08 Sioa 374 217 167 248 
Total miscellaneous work.........-. OE oh eek ‘ 979 796 707 822 
Eauling rain on road.2.. 2.3.5.2. St ice cc bnceeee ee: 449 320, 262 | 340 
MOpher road hawlines: 2! Fst, 5 tec e Se he a) eee eee 73 95 122 | 97 
Polal Toad hatin 2." sc. cache. akan sees cates gee 522 415 384 437 
ALOLeL borselaborper farm: 2 Foo. 8 eee cae ee eee 6, 898 6, 684 5, 234 6, 272 
Horse Jabor hired for, threshing. 4% - i 2.8). $532.25). eek 461 | 12 0 146 
Miner worse labor bired..-.< 5... lac uote eee eee eee 19 48 9 26 
Horse labor ‘hiredout..<.. 24 oPeec be: PS ees 401 34 118 141 
Total labor by horses owned! . 27> Milos acute es 6,819 6, 658 5, 243 | 6, 241 
1 In addition to the horse labor hired out for farm work one farmer used 8,960 hours horse labor during the 
year for contract work in connection with road building. 
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