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BULLETIN" 3, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table XXXVII. — A normal day's work in harvesting corn with a platform cutter, giving 
the average daily acreages reported for crews commonly used and adjusted factors for each 
crew. 
Number of men. 
Number 
ofhorses. 
Har- 
vested 
per day. 
Number 
averaged. 
Adjusted 
acreage. 
2 
1 
2 
1 
2 
2 
4 
Acres. 
5.08 
5.80 
5.70 
4.50 
8.00 
9.00 
118 
35 
10 
4 
24 
2 
4.60 
3 
5.20 
5.90 
4 
6.80 
8.20 
10.00 
In Table XXXYIII the reported averages for cutting, shocking, 
and tying corn by hand, using the ordinary corn knife, have been 
brought together by yield per acre. Increases in the yield add to the 
bulk of the stalks to be handled and reduce the acreage cut daily. 
From 1.4 to 1.7 acres daily can be harvested by one man in this man- 
ner. The operation of tying and shocking corn after the corn binder 
is also reported in the table in the same way. The daily duty of a 
man at this work is from 3 to 5 acres, depending upon the yield. 
Table XXXVIII. — A normal day's handwork in harvesting corn, giving the average 
daily acreages for one man according to the yield per acre. 
Operation. 
Har- 
Yield per acre. ; vested 
per day. 
Number 
averaged. 
■ Acres. 
1 to 40 bushels 1.65 
141 
41 to 60 bushels 1 1J£l 
61 bushels and over. .. 1. 40 
1 to 40 bushels 4. 65 
143 
72 
300 
41 to 60 bushels 3.71 
61 bushels and over. . . 3. 15 
1 
268 
111 
In Table XXXIX husking corn from shock is reported by those 
farmers who practice this method of handling the crop. The daily 
duty is from 42 to 55 bushels, depending upon the yield. Where corn 
is husked continuously from standing stalks, about 60 per cent more 
can be husked than when the work is done with corn in the shock, the 
reported daily duty being from 75 to 90 bushels per acre. Where one 
man husks, hauls, and unloads from standing stalks it is seen that corn 
can be husked about 25 per cent more rapidly than can be done from 
shocks into piles on the ground. The daily duty of a man husking, 
hauling, and unloading is reported as ranging from 50 to 70 bushels, 
depending upon the yield. In the table the adjusted factors have 
been derived by reducing the reported acreages from 10 to 20 per 
cent. 
