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BULLETIN 1348, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUUE 
Table XVII. — Approximate percentage of labor and animal power devoted to 
each enterprise on different types of farms, as determined by records kept on a 
limited number of farms of each type 
Enterprise 
Minnesota 
crop farms 
(21 farms) i 
Minnesota 
dairy farms 
(23 farms) i 
New York 
general 
farms 2 
Kentucky 
tobacco 
farms 
(14 farms) i 
Kansas 
grain farms 
(18 farms) i 
Montana 
grain farms 
(16 farms) i 
Man 
Horse 
Man 
Horse 
Man 
Horse 
Man 
Horse 
Man 
Horse 
Man 
Horse 
Crops 
Per 
cent 
33.8 
52.7 
1.3 
2.8 
5.5 
2.2 
1.7 
Per 
cent 
83.0 
9.5 
.7 
1.8 
3.2 
.5 
1.3 
Per 
cent 
27.7 
58.1 
.2 
2.2 
3.6 
2.4 
5.8 
Per 
cent 
74.0 
9.4 
.2 
2.8 
2.4 
1.1 
10.1 
Per 
cent 
43.7 
40.8 
.4 
Per 
cent 
74.4 
8.8 
.2 
Per 
cent 
63.0 
22.9 
Per 
cent 
83.4 
6.9 
Per 
cent 
48.5 
35.5 
1.3 
3.7 
7.4 
3.6 
Per 
cent 
88.4 
7.5 
.8 
1.1 
2.0 
.2 
Per 
cent 
49.3 
33.2 
1.5 
4.0 
7.0 
2.6 
2.4 
Per 
cent 
82 3 
9.5 
1 
Household 
3.5 
6.0 
.7 
3.9 
1.9 
3.9 
.2 
3.7 
2 1 
7.8 
1.4 
5.9 
5.6 
.6 
10.4 
3.8 
Equipment 
.5 
8 
1 Bureau of Agricultural Economics, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 
' Cornell University Bulletin No. 414. (Number of farms on which report is based varied from 18 to 46 
during different years over which records were kept.) 
Table XVIII. — Percentage of total year's farm work done each month, based upon 
estimates of county crop reporters of the Division of Crop and Livestock Estimates 
state 
Jan. 
Feb. 
Mar. 
Apr. 
May 
June 
July 
Aug. 
Sept. 
Oct. 
Nov. 
0.8 
0.8 
2.2 
7.6 
16.5 
16.7 
15.7 
10.8 
15.8 
8.5 
3.5 
2.0 
2.2 
2.8 
6.8 
15.2 
14.0 
16.6 
13.6 
9.8 
9.4 
5.0 
1.7 
L6 
3.5 
6.5 
15.7 
12.3 
17.5 
14.5 
10.0 
10.0 
4.2 
2.2 
2.5 
6.2 
8.5 
12.8 
15.2 
13.5 
11.5 
10.5 
10.0 
4.8 
2.3 
2.3 
5.7 
12.7 
15.0 
10.0 
9.3 
7.7 
13.3 
ILO 
5.7 
4.0 
4.0 
5.0 
8.5 
n.5 
12.3 
14.3 
10.2 
10.5 
9.2 
6.5 
2.6 
2.6 
4.5 
8.7 
11.9 
n.5 
13.9 
12.5 
10.7 
10.8 
6.8 
2.7 
2.9 
5.0 
10.1 
12.5 
12.9 
13.5 
12.5 
10.8 
8.0 
6.1 
2.3 
2.4 
4.3 
8.8 
11.6 
12.1 
14.5 
12.4 
11.7 
10.1 
6.7 
2.3 
2.7 
3.3 
9.0 
11.3 
14.0 
16.8 
10.3 
n.3 
ILO 
5.0 
2.1 
2.6 
5.4 
8.3 
12.6 
14.0 
13.8 
7.8 
11.2 
10.6 
7.4 
2.4 
3.0 
5.9 
10.1 
12.2 
14.9 
13.2 
8.2 
10.9 
9.1 
6.3 
1.7 
3.4 
8.0 
11.7 
13.2 
13.8 
13.7 
9.6 
9.8 
7.7 
4.7 
2.7 
3.5 
6.8 
10.1 
12.2 
15.6 
n.5 
7.4 
8.4 
10.0 
7.8 
3.0 
4.1 
8.0 
1L3 
13.3 
14.2 
8.9 
5.4 
8.3 
ILl 
8.9 
3.8 
5.2 
8.4 
n.4 
13.2 
13.2 
8.6 
5.2 
9.3 
10.3 
7.6 
9.1 
10.4 
n.8 
11.4 
9.8 
7.7 
5.8 
4.9 
6.4 
8.1 
7.8 
2.2 
3.0 
6.4 
10.5 
13.8 
15.8 
12.4 
9.0 
8.7 
8.1 
6.6 
2.3 
3.6 
6.9 
11.6 
14.2 
16.0 
10.1 
6.8 
8.2 
9.8 
7.2 
3.1 
5.1 
9.0 
12.7 
14.4 
14.4 
7.8 
4.1 
6.7 
ILl 
7.4 
2.7 
4.1 
9.0 
12.1 
13.1 
13.7 
10.2 
5.9 
7.3 
10.3 
8.2 
3.6 
7.0 
ILO 
13.1 
1L7 
10.6 
5.8 
5.3 
8.0 
1L4 
8.5 
2.6 
3.6 
8.5 
12.5 
13.7 
14.5 
8.9 
5.8 
7.7 
10.4 
7.8 
4.0 
5.4 
8.4 
9.9 
12.1 
12.3 
8.1 
6.5 
10.6 
11.3 
7.4 
3.0 
4.2 
7.8 
9.9 
n.8 
14.0 
10.4 
7.4 
9.3 
10.0 
7.9 
2.5 
2.8 
5.2 
9.1 
1L5 
12.7 
14.8 
11.3 
10.8 
8.9 
6.6 
2.0 
2.5 
4.8 
8.8 
12.0 
14.9 
14.7 
10.3 
10.2 
8.6 
7.6 
2.0 
2.5 
6.2 
9.0 
12.5 
13.5 
14.2 
10.8 
9.4 
8.7 
8.6 
2.1 
2.2 
3.5 
7.5 
1L9 
12.2 
14.3 
12.3 
12.1 
12.2 
6.5 
2.5 
2.6 
3.7 
9.5 
12.5 
1L7 
15.1 
13.7 
12.0 
8.7 
4.9 
2.6 
2.8 
4.5 
10.5 
10.9 
9.9 
12.1 
14.9 
13.5 
10.3 
6.3 
2.4 
2.5 
5.0 
10.7 
12.1 
11.4 
12.8 
n.8 
9.6 
8.9 
9.1 
2.5 
3.5 
6.9 
10.3 
13.0 
14.2 
12.8 
8.0 
9.2 
8.3 
7.4 
2.4 
2.5 
4.0 
10.2 
13.8 
8.0 
10.0 
14.8 
14.8 
10.7 
6.6 
2.4 
2.7 
4.9 
10.8 
12.1 
10.6 
n.5 
14.1 
10.5 
9.2 
7.2 
2.5 
2.5 
4.8 
8.1 
10.7 
12.1 
14.3 
13.2 
10.4 
9.2 
8.0 
2.1 
2.7 
5.5 
8.4 
10.8 
12.9 
15.8 
12.5 
11.1 
8.7 
5.8 
1.7 
2.1 
4.8 
10.9 
12.2 
9.1 
10.8 
13.9 
14.4 
11.0 
6.2 
2.4 
2.8 
4.7 
9.4 
15.5 
11.8 
12.1 
13.6 
11.0 
9.9 
4. 1 
1.7 
2.0 
4.6 
9.7 
13.2 
9.8 
10.3 
14.6 
12.7 
12.3 
6.3 
Dec. 
Maine 
New Hampshire 
Vermont 
Massachusetts.. 
Rhode Island. -- 
Connecticut 
New York 
New Jersey 
Pennsylvania.. - 
Delaware 
Maryland 
Virginia 
West Virginia --- 
North Carolina - 
South Carolina- 
Georgia 
Florida 
Kentucky 
Tennessee 
Alabama 
Mississippi 
Louisiana 
Arkansas 
Texas 
Oklahoma 
Ohio.. 
Indiana 
Illinois 
Michigan 
Wisconsin 
Minnesota 
Iowa 
Missouri 
North Dakota,. - 
South Dakota... 
Nebraska 
Kansas 
Montana 
Wyoming 
Colorado 
L2 
2.6 
2.5 
2.3 
6.0 
4.0 
3.5 
3.0 
3.1 
3.0 
4.2 
3.8 
2.7 
4.0 
3.5 
3.8 
6.8 
3.5 
3.3 
4.2 
3.4 
4.0 
4.0 
4.0 
4.3 
3.8 
3.6 
3.6 
3.2 
3.1 
2.7 
3.7 
3.9 
3.2 
4.0 
4.2 
3.7 
2.9 
2.7 
3.0 
