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BULLETIN 1277, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Variations in Man Labor Per Acre for Various Operations on Wheat 
FARMERS 
NUMBER 
40 
30 
20 
I 

50 
40 
30 
20 
1 

50 
40 
30 
20 
I 
0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.0 0.1 
HOURS PER ACRE 
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0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 
0.4 0.5 0.0 0.2 
HOURS PER ACRE 
0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 
PlO. •",. — This splits up wheat Labor to show why some men put in 80 many more hours 
per acre than others. Plowing time was very uniform, almost all the records falling 
between two and two and one-half hours per acre. Drilling labor was somewhat 
more variable. There were wide variations in the time spent in each of the other 
operations 
