2 BULLETIN 412, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
horses, and implements than those in vogue in this section. Hence, 
in discussing the various operations in the following pages, compari- 
sons are made between what farmers in New York accomplish and 
the average for the entire United States. 
A NORMAL DAY'S WORK. 
In the following summary table is shown the mean daily duty of 
implements, workmen, and crews for various farm operations, aver- 
ages for western New York, as determined by this investigation, 
being compared with averages for the entire United States, as deter- 
mined by a previous survey. 1 In making these comparisons those 
sizes of implements and crews were taken which are most generally 
used and for which the largest numbers were reported. 
Table I. — Summary and comparisons. 
Operation, 
Walking plow: 
2 horses, 12-inch 
3 horses, 14-inch 
Sulky plow, 3 horses, 14-inch . . 
Spike-tooth harrow: 
2 horses, 8-foot 
3 horses, 10-foot 
Spring-tooth harrow: 
2 horses, 6-foot 
3 horses, 6-foot 
4 horses, 8-loot 
Disk harrow, fresh plowed 
land: 
2 horses, 6-foot 
3 horses, 6-foot 
4 horses, 8-foot 
Land roller, 2 horses, 8-foot 
Grain drill, 2 horses, 6-foot 
Grain binder, 3 horses, 6-foot . . 
Setting up bound grain, 1 man 
Planting corn: 
Hand planter, 1 man 
1-horse, 1-row 
2-horse, 2-row 
Cultivating: 
1-horse 
2-horse 
Cutting corn by hand, 1 man, 
yield 41-60 bushels 
, Daily duty. 
Western 
New 
York 
United 
States 
average. 
average. 1 
Acres. 
Acres. ' 
1.65 
1.76 
1.78 
2.32 | 
2.20 
2.40 1 
13.0 
10. 8 
17.3 
15. 3 
9.0 
7.4 
10.2 
8.2 
14.7 
13.1 
7.5 
7.2 
8.2 
t.o 
11.1 
12.8 
13.8 
13.2 
10.0 
8.8 
10.4 
11.1 
7.5 
9.3 
3.4 
4.4 
5.2 
6.9 1 
10.7 
13.6 1 
4.1 
4.4 
6.8 
6.6 
1.1 
1.5 ] 
Operation. 
Setting up corn after corn 
binder, 1 man 
Corn binder: 
2 horses 
3 horses 
Mowing hay (5-foot cut) 
Raking hay (10 feet wide): 
1 horse 
2 horses 
Tedding hay, 2 horses 
Cocking hay, 1 man 
Hauling hay from field to 
barn, 2 men and 2 horses: 
Unloading by hand 
Unloading with sling 
Picking apples: 
Yield 1 to 10 bushels 
Yield over 10 bushels 
Husking corn from shock, 1 
man 
Threshing wheat from shock, 
10 men and 6 horses 
Daily duty. 
Western 
New 
York 
average. 
Acres. 
3.4 
5.3 
5.7 
9.0 
15.0 
17.6 
14.3 
6.3 
4.9 
6.6 
Bushels. 
52.3 
70.0 
32.2 
715.3 
A cres. 
25.1 
Hauling manure with spreader. 
Loads 
14. 
United 
States 
average. 1 
4.0 
6.6 
7.3 
8.9 
16.3 
17.9 
14.5 
6.3 
4.4 
6.1 
Bustels. 
34.0 
44.8 
45.9 
679.0 
A cres. 
29.5 
Loads. 
13.1 
1 U. S. Department of Agriculture Bulletin No. 3. 
SOURCE OF DATA. 
The information made available in this bulletin was obtained from 
farmers in Wayne, Ontario, Monroe, Genesee, Livingston, Orleans, 
and Niagara Counties. A circular of inquiry afforded an oppor- 
tunity for experienced farmers to record their knowledge as to what 
constitutes a fair day's work under their conditions, and these records 
were averaged and assembled in the tables which follow. 
U. S. Department of Agriculture Bulletin No. 3. 
