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BULLETIN 1348, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUBB 
Table IX. — Approximate average power, in horsepower-hours per acre, required 
for crop production in various parts of the United States 
[The figures contained in this table are based partly on the same sources 
VIII and partly on Table V of this bulletin, with some allowances 
types of soil in the various States] 
as the data contained in Table 
for variations in climate and 
Area 
a 
1 
a 
c 
3 
O 
1 
a 
o 
O 
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|1 
g 
w 
1 
i 

2 
1 

H 
Eh 
*3 
Is 

New England 
35 
27 
27 
27 
30 
30 
30 
50 
42 
42 
42 
45 
45 
45 
21 
23 
5 
6 
6 
50 
50 
50 
54 
35 
42 
"'33' 
30 
42 
32 
27 
45 
31 
New York 
New Jersey 
Pennsylvania 
22 
1 
Virginia 
1 
West Virginia 
20 
15 
4 
4 
27 
44 
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Kentucky 
15 
30 
30 
20 
26 
20 
Georgia 
22 
26 
26 
'"I'l 
41 
16 
23 
23 
12 
10 
9 
13 
Louisiana. 
38 
42 
40 
Arkansas. 
40 
45 
Texas 
Missouri . 
24 
30 
30 
27 
27 
30 
26 
26 
22 
22 
19 
19 
39 
45 
45 
42 
42 
45 
41 
41 
35 
35 
32 
18 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
22 
20 
Ohio 
6 
50 
40 
40 
35 
50 
40 
45 
25 
Michigan 
40 

25 
Wisconsin . 
6 
8 
22 
Minnesota 
55 
Indiana 
Illinois 
6 
I 
Iowa 
43 
Kansas 
i5 
16 
14 
15 
15 
25 
9 
...... 
...... 
Eastern Nebraska .. 
Western Nebraska 
Dakotas 
38 
Colorado, drv .. 
50 
58 
50 
55 
70 
52 
62 
20 
Utah, irrigated 
Northwest, irrigated. 
Northwest, dry .. - 
25 
14 
...... 
70 
1 Does not include shelling or marketing. 
2 Does not include marketing. 
3 Does not include bailing or marketing. 
* Does not include ginning. 
Table X. — Approximate average labor and power requirements for care of livestock 
Man- 
hours 2 
Horse- 
power- 
hours 3 
Man- 
hours 2 
Horse- 
power- 
hours 3 
Horses, Com Belt States 
Horses, Eastern States. 
Dairy cows 
80 
120 
180 
25 
20 
100 
4 
4 
10 
1 
8 
10 
10 hogs. Eastern States 
10 brood sows, and raising 
pigs (to weaning) 
200 
300 
500 
35 
200 
10 
25 
Young stock, cattle, colts, etc. 
20 feeding steers (per month).. 
10 hogs. Corn Belt States 
100 ewes 
25 
100 feeding sheep, yard lots 
15 
100 chickens (well cared for).. 
10 
1 Time covered in this table is for a year except as noted. 
2 Farmers' Bulletin 1139, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 
3 Based on figures in Farmers' Bulletin 1139. 
