450 Labour Organization on East Midlands Farm. [Aug., 



Labour Employed in Terms of Men and Horse Days per Acre 

 for the 1918 Crops. 



Days per acre. 



Crop. 





Acreage. 



Men. 



Horses 



[a) Arable — 











Winter Wheat 







213 



4-35 



6-22 



Spring Wheat 





27 



4-08 



8*04 



Barley 



... ... 



112 



4-63 



8-73 



Winter Oats 







39 



5-08 



6-04 



Spring Oats 







45 



371 



5-41 



Turnips and Swedes 





90 



831 



13-56 



Mangolds ... 



... ... 



30 



16*73 



10*10 



Potatoes 





20 



33-80 



19-05 



Carrots 







6 



61-42 



26*50 



Beans 





34 



4*00 



O DO 



Peas 





15 



7-73 



5*60 



Mowing Seeds 





55 



2-18 



1*31 



Grazing Seeds 





85 



0-71 



1*02 







771 







b) Pasture — 











Mowing Grass 



22 





2-09 



1*41 



Grazing 



172 





0-09 



0*08 







194 











965 







{In the case of the grain and pulse crops the figures shown are exclusive of 

 threshing, dressing and delivery.) 



work for threshing, delivery, &c. Figures were available showing 

 the whole of the threshing and granary work, but unfortunately 

 they were not sufficiently detailed to make a fair distribution to 

 the crops concerned. Steam cultivation work was carried out 

 on seventy acres of winter wheat, thirty-eight acres of spring 

 oats, and twenty-two acres of barley. 



The intention here is not to give average figures but to show 

 the extraordinary difference in the amount of labour necessary 

 for each crop. If we take four men-days and six horse-days as 

 the ordinary requirements of an acre of the grain crops up to the 

 end of harvesting and two men-days and one horse-day are added 

 for the subsequent work of threshing, dressing and delivery, 

 making a total of six men and seven horse -days, it will be seen 

 that, approximately, the mangold crop takes two and a half times, 

 potatoes five and a half times, and carrots ten times as much 

 manual labour as the grain crops, and with regard to the horse 

 labour the ratios are approximately 1J, 3 and 4 for the same 



