SEASONAL DISTRIBUTION OF FARM LABOR. 19 
Field operations and labor requirements (165 farms) — Continued. 
Hours of labor per acre. 
Wheat: Man labor. Horse labor. 
Plowing 5. 5 11. 
Rolling, 2 times 1. 4 2. 8 
Disking, 2 times 2. 2 8. 8 
Spike-tooth harrowing, 2 times 2. 4. 
Applying lime 1. 8 3. 6 
Seeding 1,1 2. 2 
Cutting 1.6 3.0 
Shocking 1.8 
Hauling to barn 3. 6 3. 6 
Thrashing — hired done by contract 
20. 4 39. 
Clover and timothy: 
Seeding (seeded in August) — 
Plowing t : 5. 5 11. 
Rolling, 2 times 1. 4 2. 8 
Disking 1.1 4.3 
Spring-tooth harrowing 1. 2. 
Spike-tooth harrowing 8 1. 6 
Seeding, wheelbarrow seeder , 5 
10. 3 21. 7 
Seeded in wheat (timothy in fall) — 
Clover seeding in spring 5 
Harvesting — 
Mowing 1. 2. 
Tedding 7 1.4 
Raking, 2 times 1.2 2.4 
Piling 1.8 
Loading, hauling, and storing 5.4 3.6 
10. 1 9. 4 
Alfalfa: 
Seeding (after oats, wheat, or early potatoes) — 
Manuring 11. 9 11. 9 
Plowing 5.5 11.0 
Rolling, 4 times 2. 8 5. 6 
Disking, 3 times 3.3 12.9 
Spike-tooth harrowing, 2 times. 1. 6 3. 2 
Applying lime 1. 8 3. 2 
Drilling fertilizer 1.2 2.4 
Applying inoculated soil.. 8 1.6 
Drilling one-half the seed 7 1. 4 
Cross seeding one-half the seed (wheelbarrow) 5 
30. 1 53. 2 
