18 BULLETIN 678, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
DESCRIPTIONS OF SEVERAL FARMS ILLUSTRATING TYPES FOUND IN 
TfflS SECTION. 
In the following pages are given descriptions and summaries of the 
1914 (farm year 1914-15) business of several farms, which illustrate 
the various types found in this section. The comments made on 
the organization and success of each of these farms will be better 
understood if the average yield of various crops and the amount of 
labor required to produce them are given. (See Table XVI.) These 
figures will also be of great practical value in estimating the total 
amount of man and horse labor required in growing any of these crops, 
as well as the total yield which may be expected under average 
conditions. 
The farms which have been selected are among the more successful 
ones, and for this reason may furnish suggestions for good farm 
organization in this locality. 
Table XVI. — Estimated 5-year average crop yields per acre, and the amount of man labor 
and horse labor per acre required for important crops on certain farms in Jefferson 
County, Ky. 
Number 
of 
records. 
Unit of yield. 
Esti- 
mated 
5-year 
average 
yield. 
Labor required per 
acre or animal unit. 
Farm product. 
Ten-hour 
man- 
days. 
Ten-hour 
horse- 
days. 
25 
32 
25 
25 
25 
25 
25 
25 
25 
4 
4 
4 
4 
1 
7 
10 
7 
7 
3 
3 
2 
3 
3 
6 
6 
10 
16 
12 
14 
14 
Bushels 
34 
55 
21 
17 
0.9 
Per acre. 
3.4 
7.4 
1.4 
1.5 
1.1 
.2 
1.3 
1.3 
1.1 
1.0 
1.7 
1.7 
2.0 
3.4 
18.5 
28.1 
18.2 
26.4 
3.7 
100.0 
11.0 
10.0 
78.0 
30.0 
6.5 
PerA.U. 
21.3 
12.6 
3.0 
6.3 
3.6 
Per acre. 
3.7 
Barrels 
8.2 
Wheat 
Bushels 
do 
2.2 
Rye: 
Thrashed 
2.5 
Tons 
1.8 
.6 
Oats: 
Bushels 
31.4 
1.1 
1.0 
1.7 
Tons 
2.0 
do 
.7 
.7 
Tons 
1.5 
1.6 
4.6 
2.4 
78 
57 
161 
175 
2.7 
Millet 
do 
do 
do 
Barrels 
2.7 
Sorghum 
3.0 
Alfalfa 
2.5 
10.0 
do 
12.4 
Crates 
9.2 
Bushels 
14.7 
Kale... 
3.4 
Bunches 
4,133 
74 
143 
88.7 
101 
32 
9.0 
Bushels 
7.0 
Crates 
8.0 
do 
do 
14.0 
10.0 
Barrels 
6.8 
PerA.U. 
7.3 
Cows and young stock, general farming 
Steers 
1.7 
2.5 
1.0 
Sheep 
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