NORMAL DAY S WORK FOR VARIOUS FARM OPERATIONS. 
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weight of loads ranged from 2,267 to 2,843 pounds. The average 
distance from market of some 3,000 farmers furnishing these data is 
4.4 miles. Inspection of Table XLV shows differences in cost of 
marketing the different commodities ranging as high as 50 per cent. 
Table XLV. — A normal day's work in hauling to market with wagon for one man and 
tvjo horses (loading, hauling, and unloading), giving the number of loads per day, by 
distance hauled, for each commodity. 
Distance hauled, etc. 
1 mile 
2 miles 
3 miles 
4 miles 
5 miles 
6 miles 
7 miles... 
8 miles 
9-raites 
10 miles 
Number averaged 
Average number ,01 
loads, 1 to 10 miles. 
Average number of 
miles 
Baled 
cot- 
ton. 
6.57 
3.86 
3.63 
2.62 
2.29 
2.55 
2.33 
1.66 
1.00 
1.33 
114 
Corn 
from 
crib. 
5.00 
3.75 
2.95 
2.47 
2.15 
1.99 
1.79 
1.31 
1.18 
1.17 
767 
Bar- 
rels. 
4.57 
3. 89 
3.20 
2.80 
2.11 
2.06 
1.57 
1.12 
1.33 
1.09 
204 
2.66 
Bags, 
5.29 
3.91 
3.23 
2.64 
2.11 
2.04 
1.87 
1.27 
1.25 
1.19 
294 
2.67 
Baled 
bay. 
5.25 
3.92 
3.05 
2.51 
2.19 
2.03 
1.87 
1.44 
1.50 
1.10 
2.75 
4.2 
Small 
grain 
from 
bin. 
4.51 
3.37 
2.93 
2.52 
2.14 
1.99 
1.71 
1.40 
1.42 
1.16 
735 
2.56 
4.34 
Cab- 
3.87 
3.27 
2.58 
2.34 
1.89 
1.80 
1.70 
1.15 
1.25 
1.00 
271 
2.28 
4.4 
Loose 
cot- 
ton. 
2.50 
2.53 
2.50 
2.09 
1.81 
2.00 
2.50 
1.14 
1.00 
1.21 
114 
2.00 
4.8 
Pota- 
toes 
from 
cellar. 
3.17 
3.02 
2.29 
2.06 
1.78 
1.66 
1.46 
1.22 
1.10 
1.10 
532 
2.09 
4.4 
Loose 
bay. 
3.64 
2.69 
2.19 
1.99 
1.72 
1.82 
1.48 
1.22 
1.30 
1.09 
683 
2.07 
4.3 
All 
com- 
modi- 
ities. 
4.39 
3.43 
2.79 
2.37 
2.02 
1.94 
1.72 
1.30 
1.26 
1.14 
4,402 
2.51 
4.37 
Num- 
ber 
aver- 
aged. 
204 
734 
859 
724 
802 
467 
130 
177 
74 
231 
While there are wide differences in the cost per load for loading, haul- 
ing to market, and unloading the various farm products, inspection of 
the averages for all commodities suggests certain relationships between 
the length of haul and the number of loads that can be transported 
daily. These relationships are indicated in Table XL VI. Under 
line a the length of haul is given, and below these distances in line b 
is recorded the number reporting for each distance, while in line c the 
average loads reported for each distance is given. In lines d and e 
are given loads per day computed for each distance as follows: The 
distances computed in line d are based on the number of loads 
reported for 3 miles (2.79), since a greater number (859) haul that 
distance than any other. The distances in line e are based on the 
reported number of loads for 5 miles (2.02), since the second largest 
number (802) report for that distance. In both d and e the com- 
puted loads for the other distances from 1 to 10 miles are found by 
solving inverse proportions between the basic number of loads and 
the square root of the respective distances to market. Inspection 
of the results so obtained as compared with the original averages for 
all commodities in line c indicates that, within a radius of 8 miles 
from market where transportation is effected with horses and wagons, 
the marketing advantage that one farm has over another may be 
considered to be inversely proportional to the square root of the 
length of haul. 
