20 BULLETIN 1230, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
TOTAL CUT PER MAN. 
Mention has just been made of the fact that the daily cut pez 
machine varied widely on different farms and in different areas. 
It is likewise true that the total cut per man working varied con- 
siderably. It has already been noted that the Kansas formula for — 
forecasting the labor requirements of the harvest assumes that each — 
man working with a header will harvest on the average 50 acres of 
grain. The findings in the present study suggest that this is an 
underestimate. Fifteen counties which harvested less than 50 acres 
per man at work were all “binder counties’’* while 14 counties which 
harvested from 50 to 59 acres per man included but three “header 
counties.’’® Seven binder counties and 4 header counties harvested 
60 to 69 acres per man’? and 10 binder and 2 header counties 70 
to 79 acres per man.” | 
The farms visited in the remainder of the counties studied reported 
a very large cutting per man. Five counties, two of which used 
headers and combines freely and three of which used binders,” 
reported 80 to 89 acres per man; three binder counties reported 90 
to 99 acres,'* while three header counties and two binder counties 
reported cuttings of over 100 acres per man. 
TaBLE 4.—The labor turnover in 497 harvest crews. Ratio between number of men 
employed at peak of harvest and number of men hired during the harvest. 
Number of farms on which total number of harvest hands 
hired constituted specified percentages of maximum num- 
Number | - ber employed at any one time. 
: of crews 
Size of crew. or each 
a 100 - | 101t0 150} 151 to 200 | 201 to 250 | 251 to 300 | 301 to 400 
per cent. | per cent.| per cent.) per cent.| per cent.| per cent. 
ito 2emenes .2eh ee eee 248 189 28 22 2 6 1 
SD CORON ee ee aa 122 71 28 22 Te eee ee 
BS GOGnNen aoe ak eee es 90 44 31 13 2. Jot a eee ae 
TELOYORINOD 5 ete oe ee ee 23 10 6 6 ise Sie 1 EA Pe ee ee 
9 towOimen= = 5.2 ot eee ee 6 2 2 2 | cue 5S he ee eee 
MStopaimen S22) sere Saeeeeee 2 TO es aie ee OH aes SA eeiese: 2 lore a eee 
1S AanNGtOVer sone ee ACA oS ace e Fe te meee 22) 30 es ee 
Total number of farms.-......... 497 316 99 65 | 9 7 1 
Per cent of total number of farms. 100. 0 63.6 19.9 13.1 1.8 1.4 a 
Obviously this wide variation in the total acreage harvested per 
man is not due either to differences in machinery used or to differ- 
ences in the efficiency of the harvest hands employed. It largely 
reflects the practices of the various areas with respect to the number 
of men employed in proportion to the acreage harvested. In areas 
like eastern Nebraska, where much labor is on the farms for other 
8 Oklahoma—Woods, and Alfalfa Counties. Nebraska—Clay, Hamilton, Seward, York, Lancaster, 
Saline, Saunders, and Dodge Counties. South Dakota—Union, Yankton, and Clark Counties. North 
Dakota—Barnes County. Minnesota—Big Stone County. , 
® Kansas—Sumner, Edwards, Ellis, and Graham Counties. Nebraska—Fillmore County. South 
Dakota—Marshall, Day, and Brown Counties. North Dakota—Ramsey, Cass, Walsh, Griggs, and Sar- 
gent Counties. Minnesota—Polk County. 
10 Kansas—Barber. Comanche, Ford, and Clark (all header counties). Nebraska—Adams County. 
South Dakota—Clay, Kingsbury, and Roberts Counties. North Dakota—Pembina and Foster Counties. 
Minnesota—Stevens County. 
1 Kansas—Pawnee, Sheridan, and Harper Counties. South Dakota—Spink, Brown, Marshall, and 
ao Counties. North Dakota—Dickey, Grand Forks, Traill, and Cavalier Counties. Minnesota—Marshall 
ounty. 
12 Kansas—Barton and Trego Counties. Nebraska—Furnas and Kearney Counties. North Dakota— — 
Towner County. 
18 North Dakota—Stutsman and Pierce Counties. Minnesota—Kittson County. 
14 Nebraska—Redwillow, and Hitchcock Counties. Kansas—Thomas County. North Dakota—Eddy, 
and Benson Counties. d 
