REQUIREMENTS OF FIELD CROPS. 
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DISTRIBUTION OF MAN LABOR 
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Fig. 15.— Distribution o man labor on an Iowa farm. This farm had the following crop and live stock 
organization: Silage corn, 20. 4 acres: ear corn, 69 acres; corn hogged down, 5.75 acres: oats, 26.1 ac-es; 
barley, 15.88 acres: spring wheat, 4.7 acres; winter wheat, 17 acres; clover, 13.2 acres: timothy hay, 19.3 
acres; timothy seed, I7.n acres: alfalfa, 9.3 acres: potatoes, 3.5 acres. Total crop acreage, 227.63. The 
following live stock was kept on the arm: Horses, 14.1: cows, 6; steers, 24.2; beef cattle (breeding herd), 
28.1; hogs, 16.1; making a total of 88.5 animal units. Black bars indicate average hours per day for each 
10-day period. 
