30 BULLETIN W3, U. S. DEPAETMEXT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table XYII. — Summary of labor practices in Kansas, icinter icheat, 1919. 
Ford County. 
Pawnee County. 
McPherson County. 
Practice. 
Rec- 
ords. 
Acre- 
age.i 
Average 
hours per 
acre. 
Rec- 
ords. 
Acre- 
age.i 
Average 
hours per 
acre. 
Rec- 
ords. 
Acre- 
age.i 
Average 
hours per 
acre. 
Per 
cent. 
25 
47 
6 
59 
Per 
cent. 
1 
17 
6 
4 
31 
Man. 
10.6 
2.0 
1.2 
2.6 
1.1 
Horse. 
24.3 
9.5 
6.4 
5.0 
Per 
cent. 
34 
28 
12 
Per 
cent. 
4 
13 
8 
Man. 
8.4 
2.4 
1.2 
Horse. 
17.8 
9.6 
Per 
cent. 
66 
91 
20 
Per 
cent. 
14 
63 
16 
Man. 
7.5 
2.4 
1.3 
Horse 
18.3 
Plow 
11.1 
Plow land ^^'ith culti- 
vator 
. . 
List 
75 
16 
78 
22 
3 
59 
49 
8 
54 
11 
1 
44 
2 
1.0 
.5 
.8 
1.6 
1.7 
.5 
.2 
4.7 
40 
19 
1.4 
5.9 
List (tractor) 
Sled 
59 
53 
3 
78 
32 
25 
3 
41 
1.0 
1.6 
.3 
.4 
3.4 
8.4 
""2:0" 
3.5 
7.7 
40 
37 
19 
12 
.9 
1.2 
3.8 
Disk - 
5.3 
Disk (tractor) 
2.3 
100 
99 
.8 
3.7 
Harrow (spike) tractor.. 
Harrow after planting. . . 
6 
3 
34 
43 
9 
100 
13 
1 
!l 
9 
100 
.4 
.1 
.1 
.1 
.1 
• 7 
i.e 
Apply grasshopper 
poison 
58 
88 
22 
6 
100 
50 
80 
20 
2 
100 
.1 
.1 
.1 
.1 
.6 
.2 
.2 
9 
34 
9 
25 
7 
.1 
.1 
.1 
.2 
.2 
.2 
Treat seed . . 
Drill 
2.9 
100 
3 
41 
16 
97 
56 
3 
50 
6 
97 
91 
91 
53 
92 
8 
14 
8 
78 
22 
1 
25 
1 
75 
a 70 
71 
29 
.7 
.9 
.8 
.8 
3.5 
1.7 
.3 
1.7 
3.0 
V) 
.6 
.7 
.6 
2.9 
2.9 
Drill (tractor) 
Cut 
Cut (tractor) 
62 
9 
84 
69 
6 
53 
16 
88 
91 
91 
25 
3i 
5 
64 
35 
4 
39 
5 
61 
76 
76 
24 
. 7 
1.2 
3.0 
1.5 
.2 
1.6 
2.7 
.6 
1.1 
1.6 
3.1 
"'I'.h' 
""'3.' 2' 
3.2 
■"i'3' 
2.8 
3.7 
3.6 
""b.X 
'""3." 5* 
3.0 
V'o 
1.6 
1.3 
86 
17 
3 
100 
9 
69 
37 
40 
91 
91 
31 
78 
20 
2 
98 
6 
76 
3 
24 
76 
76 
24 
.8 
1.2 
3.5 
1.1 
.1 
1.5 
2.0 
.9 
1.0 
3.4 
4.9 
Shock 
Reshock 
Shock thrash 
2.'9 
Stack 
Stack thrash 
2.2 
(<) 
Haul to granary 
Haul to market (from 
granary) 
Haul to market (from 
machine) 
.8 
1.7 
1.9 
1 Thrashing and hauling percentages are based upon bushels. 
2 Disking was done 1.5 times in Ford County, 1.8 times in Pawnee County, and 1.2 times in ^McPherson 
County. 
3 Harrowing was done 1.1 timesin Ford County, 1.2 times in Pawnee County, and 2.1 times in McPherson 
County. 
< Contract. 
a Some grain thrashed into the bins. 
