NOBMAL DAYS WOBK FOB VARIOUS FARM OPERATIONS. 
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be dooe by hand. Only one practical grower in five used the cutter, 
however, the majority believing that the certainty of having an eye 
on each seed piece is worth the extra expense in the cutting. The 
original averages have been adjusted by reducing them about 12 per 
cent. 
Table XIV. — A normal day's work in cutting potatoes for seed, giving the average num- 
ber of bushels per day for cutting by hand and with cutter and adjustments for each 
method. 
[Net hours at work, 9.48.] 
Method of cutting. 
Cut per 
day. 
Number 
averaged. 
Adjusted 
work 
factor. 
Bv hand 
Bushels. 
15.03 
32.24 
760 
169 
13.50 
28.00 
The acreages reported for covering seed potatoes after planting are 
averaged in Table XV according to the number of horses used and 
these averages adjusted by reducing them about 10 per cent. A 
2-horse team covers somewhat more ground than one horse, and 60 
per cent of farmers find it more practical to use two horses. 
Table XV. — A normal day's work in covering seed potatoes after planting, giving the 
average daily acreage and adjusted factors. 
[Net hours in the field, 9.53.] 
Number of horses. 
Covered 
per day. 
Number 
averaged. 
Adjusted 
factors. 
1.. 
Acres. 
4.63 
5.96 
299 
541 
4.15 
2 
5.35 
The averages for the operation of marking off land for planting 
are grouped in Table XVI by horses in the team and the width most 
frequently used. These averages are reduced about 10 per cent to 
give the adjusted acreage in the table, while the allowances for each 
difference of 1 foot in width were determined from analytical tables. 
The 3, 3^, 6, 9, and 12 foot widths are in most general use. The 
wider markers are in the minority, 31 per cent using a 3-foot marker, 
and 14 per cent a 3J foot, with smaller percentages for other widths. 
On the light soils of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, where extensive 
trucking operations are carried on, the wider markers are in vogue. 
There appears to be no economy in using more than one horse with 
markers less than 12 feet wide, although 59 per cent of planters use 
two horses in this operation. 
