NOKMAL DAYS WORK FOR VARIOUS FARM OPERATIONS. 
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Table XVIII. — A normal day's work in hauling and spreading manure with a spreader, 
giving the average work, factors reported and adjusted factors averaged according to the 
size of load. 
[Net hours at work, 9.57.] 
Size of load. 
Item. 
Below 60 cubic feet. 
60 cubic feet and 
over. 
Reported 
averages. 
Adjusted 
factors. 
Reported 
averages. 
Adjusted 
factors. 
2.56 
75.4 
13.9 
12.7 
7.6 
23.6 
10.0 
320 
2 or 3 
2.88 
79.9 
13.1 
11.7 
6.6 
25.9 
9.8 
485 
3 
Loads on sod 
12.0 
11.5 
7.5 
30.0 
15.0 
11.0 
10.5 
6.5 
Minutes to load 
35.0 
14.0 
In Table XIX, spreading manure from a wagon box with a fork, it 
appears that the average time to unload a 42-bushel load of manure is 
about 28 minutes, irrespective of the distance spread. With the 
spreader much larger loads can be thrown off in a period of 10 minutes. 
In this operation 54 per cent of farmers cover a strip 16 feet wide or 
more with each load, 36 per cent spread from 9 to 15 feet, and only 10 
per cent unload in strips less than 9 feet wide. 
Table XIX. — A normal day's work in spreading manure from a wagon with a fork by 
one man, giving the time to unload averaged according to the distance spread. 
Distance spread. 
Size of 
load. 
Time to 
spread. 
Number 
Range. 
Average. 
reporting. 
Feet. 
6.84 
11.77 
20.56 
Bushels. 
42.6 
42.10 
43.94 
Minutes. 
28.11 
27.98 
28.54 
88 
9 to 15 feet 
323 
16 feet and over 
465 
In Table XX the practice of hauling and dumping manure in piles 
for later spreading by hand is reported. According to 45 per cent, a 
fair day's work is between 8 and 10 loads a day, the average for all 
conditions being about 12 loads daily. Farmers who practice this 
method haul loads averaging from 40 to 45 bushels in bulk. 
Table XX. — A normal day' 
work in loading, hauling, and dumping manure in piles 
by one man with a team. 
Number of loads per day. 
Size of 
load. 
Distance 
hauled. 
Number 
averaged. 
Percent- 
Range. 
Average. 
porting. 
Under 8 
5.74 
9.22 
12.87 
20.92 
Bushels. 
44 
43 
42 
42 
Rods. 
99 
77 
69 
67 
120 
344 
207 
94 
16 
8 to 10 
45 
11 to 15 
27 
Over 15 
12 
