AX APPRAISAL OF POWER USED OX FARMS 
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HOURS 
OF 
LABOR 
B CHORE LABOR g OTHER LABOR 
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JAN. FEB. MAR. APR. MAY JUNE JULY AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC. 
Fig. 44.— Distribution of man labor on seven work horses. Hours shown is time required per 
week. (U. S. Dept. Agr., Department Bulletin 1271.) 
JAN. FEB. MAR. APR. MAY JUNE JULY AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC. 
Fig. 45. — Distribution of man labor on eight dairy cows. Hours shown is time required per week. 
(U. S. Dept. Agr., Department Bulletin 1271.) 
(chore LABOR ^OTHER LABOR 
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JAN. FEB. MAR. APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG. SEPT OCT. NOV. DEC. 
Fig. 46.— Distribution of man labor on hogs. (16,000 pounds of pork produced during the year.) 
Hours shown is time required per week. (U. S. Dept. Agr., Department Bulletin 1271.) 
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LABOR I 
JCHORE LABOR 
OTHER LABOR 
I 
dliiH 
JAN. FEB. MAR. APR. MAY JUNE JULY AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC. 
Fig. 47. — Distribution of man labor on poultry. (160 chickens in flock.) Hours shown is time 
required per week. (U. S. Dept. Agr., Department Bulletin 1271.) 
_ Such conditions result in very low power-load factors and a rela- 
tively high cost per unit of power utilized. The farm operator 
could often reduce the peak load somewhat by reducing the pro- 
portionate acreage of the crop on which the peak load occm's; how- 
ever, he is usually justified in retaining the liigh acreage of the 
crop in question because of possible relatively higher net returns 
