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BULLETIN 3, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table XXIV. — A normal day's work in spreading lime with a lime spreader and ferti- 
lizer with a fertilizer drill, giving the average acreages reported for the widths most fre- 
quently used, adjusted acreages for these widths, and allowances deduced for other widths. 
[Net hours in 
the field, 
9.81.] 
Implement. 
Range 
of width. 
Most 
common 
width. 
Number 
of horses 
in team. 
Spread 
per day. 
Number 
averaged. 
Adjusted 
acreage. 
Allowance 
for other 
widths 
(acreage 
per foot). 
Lime spreader 
Feet. 
4-12 
4-10 
6-12 
Feet. 
8 
6 
8 
2 
2 
3 
Acres. 
10.65 
8.44 
10.40 
20 
122 
15 
9.50 
7.50 
9.35 
0.75 
Fertilizer drill 
.70 
.70 
CULTIVATING . 
The averages for cultivating corn, potatoes, beans, cabbage, and 
cotton, arranged according to the number of horses to the cultivator, 
are set out in Table XXV. From the standpoint of acreage covered 
in a day, two horses are about 40 per cent more efficient than one 
horse. About 40 per cent of those reporting use two horses in culti- 
vating. A 1-horse cultivator can be expected to cover 4 to 5 acres 
and a 2-horse cultivator from 6 to 8 acres. Cultivating beans and 
cabbage is slower work than that for corn and cotton on account of 
the narrower rows and greater care required with these low plants. 
The original averages have been adjusted by reducing them about 
10 per cent. When the data were assembled by widths of row, no 
marked relation was found between the width and the amount of 
work done daily. This may in part be explained by the meager 
number reported for widths other than 36, 42, and 44 inches, and 
also by the consideration that the width of planted row is not a factor 
in cultivating, since the entire surface of the field must be stirred, 
regardless of the interval between the rows. 
Table XXV. — A normal day's work in cultivating corn, potatoes, beans, cabbage, and 
cotton, giving the average daily acreages reported according to the number of horses used 
and adjustments for each cultivating unit. 
[Net hours in the field, 9 
79.] 
Crop. 
Number 
of horses. 
Culti- 
vated per 
day. 
Number 
averaged. 
Adjusted 
acreage 
per day. 
Corn 
1 
2 
1 
2 
1 
2 
1 
2 
1 
2 
Acres. 
4.8 
7.72 
4.25 
6.53 
3.87 
6.30 
4.08 
6.06 
4.72 
7.35 
791 
448 
403 
210 
228 
163 
220 
136 
112 
76 
4.30 
Potatoes 
7.00 
3.80 
5.90 
3.50 
5.70 
3.70 
Cotton... 
5.45 
4.25 
6.80 
