35. 



On the average 49 pounds of rye v/ero used per acre* The cost of the 

 rye seed avora god $1«09 per acre. The rate of seeding and cost of seed for 

 other important cover crops are given in tahle 27. The average cost per acre 

 of mnn .labor and horeo v/ork used in applying cover crop seed varied from $ •74 

 for the Girard, Pa. . vineyards to |5l.51 for the Hudson Valley vineyards, 

 (table 28>) 



The average amount of man labor required per acre v riod from 1 hour 

 in Michigan to 2 hours in the Hudson Valley. In applying the seed the most com^ 

 mon crevz used was 1 man and 2 horses. It took such a crov/ an average of 1 hour 

 a:t a cost of 84 cents per acre. The total cost of cover crop v/as relatively 

 small. The seed and cost of application averaged about iy}2 per aero. 



Table. 27, - Average quantity' and cost of cover-crop seed per acre of 



vineyard, by kind of cover crop, 1928 1/ 









< 

 1 



: Price 



; Cost of 



Kind of cover 



iVinevards 



: Quantity 



of seod 



; per 



; seed 



• crop ^ ■ r : 





: por aero 



bushel ^ 



; per acre 





; Number 



: Pounds : 



; Bushels • 



: Dollars ; 



. Dollars 



Rye ^ : 



; 67 



: 4-9 ; 



t .88 : 



; 1.24 ; 



1.09 



Rye and vetch 2/ 



: 8 



J ~ ! 



: .80 : 



1.27 



; 1,02 



'^ats : 



, 12 



: 38 



: 1.18 ! 



: .53 1 



; .63 



Buckv/heat : 



; 12 



: 55 



: 1.14 ■ 



; 1.44 ; 



; 1,64 



Oats and buckv/heat : 



3 



:3/ 36 



: .07 ; 



.91 ; 



: ,88 



\Vheat 



: 6 



: 52 : 



; .86 ; 



; 1.39 : 



1.20 



Rape 



:. 8 



: 7 , 



; .14 : 



; 4,09 ; 



; ,57 



fillet 



7 



: 26 ! 



1 .51 : 



2,34 : 



1,19 



Cov Peas : 

 vetch 



; 4 



: 11 ! 



1 .19 ; 



; 4,17 ! 



,79 



: 2' 



: 8 ; 



; ,14 



: 9,62 ! 



; 1,35 



1/ Arkansas 1929. 

 2/ Quantities of votch and rye 

 3/ For each of two of the vine 

 buck\7heat v/ere seeded por a 



v/ere not reported s 

 yards, 18 pounds of 

 cro. 



eparately. 

 cats and 18 



nounds of 



liable 28. - 



Average quantity and cost of labor and power 

 acre of vineyard to cover crops, by areas, 



to seed an 

 1928 



Area 



Qirard, Pa. 



Michigan 

 Arkansas (1929) 

 Finger Lakes, N.Y. 

 Chautauqua Co., N.Y, 

 North East, Pa. 

 Hudson Valley, N.Y. 

 Total or avorap;e 



Vine- 

 yards 



Nuraber 

 20 

 28 

 19 



7 

 25 

 30 



5 



l'5i 



Quantity por acre 



Man 

 labor 



Houi's 



1.1 

 1.0 

 1.5 

 1.7 

 1.5 

 1.4 

 



p 



1.5 



Horse 

 x/ork" 



Hours 

 0.7 

 1.8 

 2.4 



JL .~x: 



1*4 

 1.7 



1.5 



Cost per hou: 



Man 

 labor 



Cents 

 45.0 

 43.1 

 26.5 

 45.6 

 OX. 1 

 50.2 

 58.0 



46.5 



Horse 

 \;ork 



Cents 

 21.9 

 19.2 

 15.1 

 13.7 

 16.0 



20.4 



19.2 



Cost of man 

 labor and 

 horse work 

 per acre 



i --^ • ' '— — ' ^ 



1/ Includes some cost for use of tractor* 



2/ Includes some cost for use of tractor, truck, and automobile. 



Dollars 

 1/ 0.74 



• 78 

 1/ .79 



.90 



1/ 1.04 



1/ 1.09 



1.51 



2/ .93 



