FARM MANAGEMENT IN CLINTON COUNTY, INDIANA. 
27 
The slight variations in the average number of months of labor 
per farm for the different years are largely accounted for in the 
variation in acres of land from year to year, for there was practically 
the same amount of labor per acre of land each year throughout 
the period. 
Most of the 100 farms may be considered as from 1-man to 2-man 
farms. Seldom did more than 15 per cent of the farms have 27 
months or more of man labor. (See Table 28.) 
- Table 28. — Variations in months of man labor. 
Months of man labor per farm. 
Number of farms ir 
— 
1910 
1913 
1914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1919 
41 
29 
19 
9 
1 
1 
40 
32 
15 
5 
5 
3 
40 
32 
14 
6 
4 
3 
1 
35 
37 
16 
3 
3 
4 
1 
1 
32 
41 
13 
7 
3 
1 
3 
33 
37 
13 
9 
5 
2 
39 
29 
17 
10 
3 
2 
37 
15.0 to 20.9 (1.5 men) 
26 
21.0 to 26.9 (2.0 men) 
22 
27.0 to 32.9 (2.5 men). 
8 
33.0 to 38.9 (3.0 men) 
7 
39.0 to 44.9 (3.5 men) 
45.0 to 50.9 (4.0 men) . . 
51.0 to 56.9 (4.5 men) 
1 
As with horse labor, there were varying degrees of efficiency in 
man labor. When expressed in terms of acres of corn produced, some 
farms were producing less than 15 acres of corn per man, while a 
few others were producing more than 35, and the greater number of 
all of the farms were producing from 15 to 34 acres of corn per man. 
(See Tables 29 and 30.) The more successful farms were not only 
producing a larger number of acres of corn, but also of small grains, 
and clover and timothy per man. They were using more horses per 
man, cared for more productive livestock, and were better equipped 
with machinery. 
Table 29. — Variations in acres of corn per man. 
Acres of corn per man. 
Number of farms in— 
1910 
1913 
1914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1919 
5 to 14 
12 
48 
33 
3 
3 
1 
13 
47 
32 
7 
1 
8 
44 
30 
13 
4 
1 
11 
43 
27 
15 
4 
7 
42 
35 
11 
4 
1 
12 
23 
40 
18 
5 
2 
15 
36 
33 
11 
5 
7 
15to24 
40 
25 to 34 
37 
35 to 44.... 
12 
45 to 54 
4 
55 and over. 
Table 30. — Acres of crops, number of productive animal units and work animals, 
and value of machinery, per man. 
Per man. 
Acres of corn per man. 
Corn. 
Small 
grains. 
Clover 
and 
timothy. 
Produc- 
tive 
animal 
units. 
Work 
animals. 
Machin- 
ery. 
Average 1910, and 1913-1915: 
5tol4 
Acres. 
11 
20 
28 
38 
50 
10 
20 
30 
38 
50 
Acres. 
13 
19 
24 
30 
29 
10 
18 
22 
29 
30 
Acres. 
13 
18 
19 
24 
18 
12 
16 
18 
20 
22 
Number. 
8.0 
11.2 
12.8 
16.4 
12.0 
8.6 
11.4 
13.2 
15.0 
13. 9 
Number. 
2.6 
2.8 
3.2 
4.0 
4.4 
2.5 
2.8 
3.2 
3.5 
3. 4 
Dollars. 
233 
15 to 24 
252 
25 to 34... 
276 
35 to 44 
314 
45 and over 
262 
Average 1916-1919: 
5 to 14 
238 
15 to 24 
278 
25 to 34 
316 
35 to 44. 
428 
45 and over 
459 
