32 BULLETIN 997, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Other field work.- — All horse labor used for field operations other 
than those listed above is included under this item in Table 21. 
This work consisted of such operations as planting, cultivating, and 
harvesting potatoes, tomatoes, and sugar beets; applying fertilizer 
and sowing grass seed wherever done as separate operations; and 
hulling clover seed. While on the average this work was not impor- 
tant, on some of the farms more horse labor was used on it than on 
part of the operations that have been listed separately. In all, 
107 of the 286 men used horses for some work of this character 
and on these 107 farms it amounted to 12 days on the average. 
Hauling manure. — The amount of horse labor used for this work 
varied greatly on individual farms, depending upon the number and 
kinds of live stock kept, the methods of feeding, and the disposition 
of the manure. On the average more horse labor was used for 
hauling manure than for any other field operation except cultivating 
and harvesting corn. In Seneca County, Ohio, where the acreage 
in corn was low, more horse labor was used for manure hauling than 
for either corn cultivation or corn harvest. 
Miscellaneous work on the farm. — Under this heading in Table 21 
is placed all horse labor used on the farm itself which is not classified 
elsewhere. It includes such work as hauling stover from the field 
to the barn or feed lot, hauling straw from the stack to the barn, 
moving feed or hauling feed and water for live stock, hauling wood, 
building and repairing fences, mowing weeds, and work in the 
orchard and garden. Most of this work was done at times when 
field work was not pressing and a large part of it was light work, 
but on the average horses were used on it for a greater length of 
time than on hauling manure. 
Road hauling. — -All of the horse labor used for hauling produce 
from the farm and supplies to the farm, excepting the comparatively 
small amount used in hauling grain directly from the separator to 
to market, is included here. In the two Indiana areas a considerable 
portion of this hauling was done with motor trucks (see page 7) 
and on that account the amount of horse labor used for road hauling 
there was less than in other areas. 
Custom work. — Some of the farmers interviewed had hired out 
horses to neighboring farmers or had used them for building or 
repairing roads during the year. The figures in Table 20 show the 
average amount of such work done per farm in the different areas. 
The workstock on 33 of the farms had done some such work during 
the year, and while for all farms this work amounted to an average of 
2.6 days, it amounted to an average of over 22 days for the 33 farms. 
Horse labor hired. — Twenty-three of the men interviewed had 
hired some of the horse labor which was used on their farms during 
the year. The amount of horse labor used for the various operations 
