1909.] Expenses of Corn Harvesting. 741 



per acre has been kept for very many years. Taking the 

 mean weight of wheat and barley, the record shows that for 

 corn plus straw (i.e., everything that is not cavings or weed) 

 the weight produced per acre averaged 39*5 cwt. Assuming 

 that cavings and rubbish amount to 5'5 cwt., the yield of each 

 acre may be estimated to represent a gross product weighing 

 45 cwt. The number of acres in the following table is cal- 

 culated therefore on the assumption that each load averaged 

 10 cwt. and each acre yielded 45 cwt., so that if the men dealt 

 with 9'3 loads per hour, or 93 loads in a day, this would 

 represent the produce of 20*7 acres. 



Table X. — Cost of Carting and Stacking Expressed in 

 Terms of Days' Work for Man and Horse. 



Men. 



Men in field — Pitching ... .. ... ... 27 



Loading ... ... ... ... 27 



Men at stack — Unloading ... ... ... 1 "6 



Building ... ... ... 4*6 



Horses — Carting... ... ... ... ... — ■ 



On elevator ... ... ... ... — 



Total 1 1 -6 



Per acre (at 207 acres per day) ... ... 0*56 



Summary, — The labour, horse and manual, required in a 

 fine harvest in harvesting an acre of corn, half of which is 

 wheat, half barley, where the elevator and binder is used, is 

 therefore as follows, though it must be remembered stooking 

 is not included, and that the cost of this operation in bad 

 weather may be a very considerable item : — 



Men and Horses required per Acre per Day. 



Men. Horses. 

 Cutting and binding .. ... ... ... 0*17 0 24 



Carting and stacking ... ... ... ... 0*56 o'2j 



Total 073 0-51 



Or, to put it in another form, about 14 men and 10 horses 

 would be required to harvest 20 acres in one day. As regards 

 the actual cost of harvesting to the farmer, many items have 

 to be added before any definite statement can be made, string, 

 wear and tear of implements, thatching, &c, being the main 

 extras. It is hoped, however, that the data here published 

 may make the calculations of cost of production in the future 

 somewhat more certain than they have been in the past. 



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