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labor used for this particular operation is listed under " Cribbing 
corn." The horse labor listed under " Shredding fodder" is that 
required for hauling fodder to the husker and shredder and any other 
used for hauling the husked corn from the machine to the bin. The 
husker-shredder was used on practically every farm in Seneca County, 
Ohio. 
Although the methods of harvesting corn varied considerably in 
the different areas, these differences in method apparently had little 
influence on the total amount of horse labor per acre required for 
harvesting corn. For all farms an average of 1 . 1 days of horse labor 
Fig. 10.— Husking corn from the standing stalk was more common in Illinois than in Indiana and Ohio. 
per acre were used for corn harvest, and the average number of days 
of horse labor used in the different areas is as follows: 
Days. 
Ma dison County, Ohio 1.0 
Seneca County, Ohio 1. 2 
Madison County, Ind 1. 3 
Montgomeiy County, Ind 1. 2 
Livingston County, 111 0. 9 
Knox County, 111 1. 2 
The small amount of labor used in Livingston County, 111., was 
due to the fact that the yield per acre in this area was low in 1920 
and the number of acres covered per day in husking from the standing 
stalk depends almost entirely upon the yield. In Madison County, 
Ohio, a larger portion was cut by hand than in any other area and 
this resulted in a slight reduction in the amount of horse labor used. 
