NORMAL DAY S WORK FOR VARIOUS FARM OPERATIONS. 
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Table XXII. — A normal day's work in spreading lime from a wagon, giving the number 
of loads daily, averaged according to the size of the load. 
[Net hours al 
work, 9.48.] 
Size of load. 
Weight 
per load. 
Spread per day. 
Number 
averaged. 
Range. 
Average. 
Bushels. 
Loads. 
Bushels. 
22 
34 
49 
64 
106 
Pounds. 
1,530 
2,033 
2,907 
2,700 
6,000 
201 
261 
321 
495 
500 
9.23 
7.71 
6.52 
7.8 
4.72 
24 
30 to 40 bushels 
45 
45 to 50 bushels 
35 
10 
Over 75 bushels 
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In Table XXIII the operation of spreading lime from piles previo usly 
laid down in the field is arranged by size of piles in terms of bushels. 
The data were too limited to be arranged into more groups than those 
chosen. The amount spread in a day increases with the amount used 
per acre, as was the case with spreading manure from piles in Table 
XXI. 
Table XXIII. — A normal day's ivork in spreading lime from piles, giving the number 
of piles spread daily, averaged according to the size of the piles. 
[Net hours in the field, 9.48.] 
Size of piles. 
Spread per day. 
Number 
Range. 
Average. 
Piles. 
Bushels. 
averaged. 
to 1 bushel 
Bushels. 
1 
3.5 
25.6 
227 
136 
35 
227 
477 
917 
40 
2 to 5 bushels 
40 
6 to 50 bushels 
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The essential features of the operation of distributing lime with a 
lime spreader and fertilizer with a fertilizer drill are shown in Table 
XXIV. The original averages for the widths most commonly used 
are given, these averages being adjusted by reducing about 10 per 
cent, and a scale of allowances for each difference of 1 foot from the 
tabulated width has been deduced. The 8-foot lime spreader is 
somewhat more popular than the 10-foot size. Lime spreaders are 
drawn by two horses in 75 per cent of cases. With the fertilizer drill 
the 6-foot width is preferred by 30 per cent and the 8-foot width by 
20 per cent of planters, equal numbers reporting the 5 and 7 foot 
widths, while 81 per cent of fertilizer drills are drawn by two horses. 
