NORMAL DAY'S WORK IK WESTERN NEW YORK. 
Table XIV. — A fair day's work with the implements used in planting corn. 
Implement. 
Width of 
rows. 
Inches. 
Hand planter { ^ 
One row, 1-horse planter I fZ 
Two rows, 2-horse planter j ^ 
Grain drill, 2 horses { ^ 
Acres 
Number 
daily. 
averaged. 
2.9 
74 
3.4 
113 
4.6 
62 
5.2 
93 
9.1 
84 
10.7 
124 
11.3 
192 
11.6 
533 
Table XV indicates that the 2-horse walking cultivator is about 
50 per cent more efficient than the 1-horse cultivator, and the 2-horse 
riding cultivator is about 75 per cent more efficient than the 1-horse 
type. The 1-horse walking cultivator is being displaced by the 
2-horse riding type, since the extra horse on the latter is more eco- 
nomical of man time. 
Table XV. — A fair day's work in cultivating corn. 
Horses 
used. 
Type of cultivator. 
Acres culti- 
vated daily. 
Number 
averaged. 
1 
2 
2 
4.1 
6.2 
7.1 
1,077 
560 
1,133 
.....do 
In Table XVI the average acreage of corn cut by one man working 
with a corn knife is shown for increasing yields in terms of ears per 
acre. About one acre is a good day's work where the yield is over 80 
bushels, and one and one-third acres can be cut where the yield is 
less than 40 bushels. The averages for western New York for this 
operation are about 25 per cent less than the normal for the United 
States, the yield being the same. This may be accounted for in 
part by the fact that corn in New York is planted in drills instead 
of in hills, requiring more blows of the knife to cut a given number 
of stalks; also because a short-handled sickle is used in the East 
which requires much stooping, while a long straight-bladed knife 
is used in the West, which permits the work to be done while standing 
practically erect. 
Table XVI. — A fair day's work for one man in cutting corn by hand. 
Range of yield 
(bushels of ears). i 
Acres 
cut daily. 
Number 
averaged. 
Under 40 
1.3 
1.2 
1.1 
1.1 
47 
187 
402 
580 
41-60 
61-80 
81 and over 
i In Tables XVI, XVII, and XIX the yield of corn is expressed in bushels of ears, this being the customary 
method of reckoning corn yields in western New York. To convert to bushels of shelled corn divide by 2. 
