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BULLETIN 1000, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 
Table 39. — Miscellaneous field crops: Labor and material requirements per acre. 
i 
o 
o 
1 
a> 
cj 
03 
ft 
Man labor. 
Horse labor. 
o 
6 
03 
'1? 
Region and crop. 
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New York: 
Buckwheat 
Bush. 
19.3 
£6«. 
1,112.6 
Bush. 
19.5 
7.5 
7.5 
16.8 
Tews. 
10.7 
Bush. 
12 A 
329.0 
fir*. 
11.0 
19.6 
13.8 
6.1 
3.3 
6.0 
37.6 
7.8 
323.6 
firs. 
6.7 
20.8 
4.8 
4.0 
2.3 
10.6 
64.0 
10.8 
126.4 
Hrs. 
17.7 
40.4 
18.6 
10.1 
5.6 
16.6 
101.6 
18.6 
450.0 
Hrs. 
27.6 
37.9 
28.5 
21.7 
15.2 
17.0 
30.8 
19.2 
32.5 
Hrs. 
5.6 
17.0 
6.2 
7.5 
4.3 
8.0 
54.8 
8.8 
24.0 
Hrs. 
33.2 
54.9 
34.7 
29.2 
19.5 
25.0 
85.6 
28.0 
56.5 
Bush. 
1.0 
4.0 
1.0 
.5 
.5 
.8 
65,500 
2.1 
Lbs. 
5.2 
Z6s. 
Tow?. 
Z&s. 
73 
Peas (canning) . . 
Pennsylvania: 
5 
251.8 
89 
74 
Minnesota: 
Flax.. 
8 
25 
3 
5 
8 
4 
4.0 
1.8 
2.0 
72 
North Dakota: 
Flax 
60 
Wisconsin: 
80 
Cabbage 
3.0 
90 
Peas (dry) 
75 
10.0 
88 
a Excluding interest on land. b Plants. 
Table 40. — Miscellaneous crops (truck, etc.): Labor and material requirements per acre. 
Num 
berof 
rec- 
ords. 
Yield 
per 
acre. 
Man labor. 
Horse labor. 
Seed. 
Fertil- 
izer. 
Region and crop. 
Prior to 
harvest 
Har- 
vest. 
Total. 
Prior to 
harvest 
Har- 
vest. 
Total. 
Wisconsin: 
Onions (seed) 
Beets 
3 
4 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
2 
1 
Bushs. 
260.0 
69.0 
385.0 
333.0 
Lbs. 
35.0 
215.0 
9.4 
39.0 
Hrs. 
106.8 
68.0 
101.8 
91.6 
67.8 
66.0 
566.8 
230.0 
Hrs. 
55.2 
73.0 
38.1 
41.7 
55.4 
64.8 
321.1 
95.0 
Hrs. 
, 162.0 
141.0 
139.9 
133.3 
123.2 
130. 8 
887.9 
325.0 
170.4 
125.9 
Hrs. 
58.0 
53.0 
36.7 
40.8 
61.6 
83.8 
24.7 
193. 5 
Hrs. 
0.3 
28.0 
21.5 
43.3 
8.9 
5.7 
"i'.h 
Hrs. 
58.3 
81.0 
58.2 
84.1 
70.5 
89.5 
24.7 
195.0 
48.7 
85.0 
Bushs. 
28 
Lbs. 
8.2 
5.8 
3.0 
3.1 
3.6 
'.6 
Lbs. 
Radish seed 
Cucumber 
Pansy seed 
Pennsylvania: 
Tomatoes 
New Jersey: 
Tomatoes 
Oz. 
24 
84.4 
Table 41. — Flax: Percentage distribution of costs per acre. 
North Dakota. 
Minnesota. 
Items. 
Distribu- 
tion of 
operating 
expense. 
Distribu- 
tion of 
total 
costs. 
Distribu- 
tion of 
operating 
expense. 
Distribu- 
tion of 
total 
costs. 
Man labor 
Per cent. 
22 A 
24.1 
Per cent. 
16.9 
18.1 
Per cent. 
19.0 
32.4 
Per cent. 
13.9 
Horse labor 
23.8 
Materials: 
Seed 
10.1 
3.3 
7.6 
2.5 
14.3 
7. 2 
10.5 
Twine 
5.3 
Total materials 
13.4 
10.1 
21.5 
15.8 
Other costs: 
Overhead 
7.6 
8.9 
23.6 
5.7 
6.7 
17.8 
10.3 
7.9 
8.9 
7.6 
Machinery 
5.8 
Thrashing 
6.6 
Total other costs 
40.1 
30.2 
27.1 
20.0 
Land charge 
24.7 
26.5 
Value of land per acre 
$ 
33 
%' 

