NORMAL DAY S WORK FOR VARIOUS FARM OPERATIONS. 
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Table XXXV. — A normal day's work in starting grainfrom the shock, giving the average 
daily acreage reported for crews most frequently used and adjusted factors for each crew. 
Number 
of horses. 
Stacking in the field. 
Stacking at the farmstead. 
Number of men. 
Stacked 
per day. 
Number 
averaged. 
Adjusted 
acreage. 
Stacked 
per day. 
Number 
averaged. 
Adjusted 
acreage. 
9 
2 
4 
2 
4 
4 
6 
4 
6 
4 
6 
8 
Acres. 
8.02 
10.64 
8.32 
14.35 
13.72 
23. 25 
14.05 
19.00 
14.00 
18.00 
226 
72 
132 
222 
4 
53 
6 
10 
7 
6.40 
9.30 
6.70 
9.60 
12.30 
15.60 
12.60 
15.90 
15.00 
18.20 
21.50 
Acres. 
6.69 
7.16 
7.22 
11.45 
11.09 
19.75 
12.23 
15.20 
12.12 
18.20 
189. 
3 
64 
92 
167 
4 
44 
5 
8 
5 
5.30 
3 
8.90 
5.80 
4 
8.40 
10.00 
13.00 
11.00 
6 
14.00 
13.00 
16.00 
18.90 
HARVESTING CORN. 
The reports for harvesting corn with a binder have been brought 
together in Table XXXVI according to the number of horses used 
with the harvester and by yields under each number of horses. With 
one exception the data show a decreasing acreage with increasing yield 
in all three groups. This decrease is less pronounced as horses are 
added, indicating a considerable overload for two horses with this 
implement. A reasonable figure for the duty per horse in this opera- 
tion is from 2 to 2.5 acres per day. 
Table XXXVI. — A normal day's^ work in harvesting corn with a binder, giving the 
average acreages reported according to the number of horses for designated yields. 
Number of horses. 
Yield per acre. 
Harvest- 
ed per 
day. 
Number 
aver- 
aged. 
2 
Acres. 
7.47 
6.70 
5.57 
7.63 
7.16 
6.30 
8.16 
8.27 
7 21 
52 
59 
41 to 60 bushels 
61 bushels and over 
49 
3 
1 to 40 bushels . 
225 
179 
41 to 60 bushels. 
61 bushels and over 
68 
4 
1 to 40 bushels 
54 
60 
41 to 60 busheis 
61 bushels and over .... 
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In Table XXXVII the harvesting of corn with a platform cutter is 
arranged according to the number of men in the crew. The platform 
cutter cuts two rows at a time, and its capacity is determined largely 
by the number of men available to tie and set up the corn as it is cut. 
The average acreage per man is 2.93 and the average acreage per horse 
4.17 acres. In this table the adjusted acreages have been computed 
by decreasing the reported averages for two men and increasing those 
for three and four men. 
