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BULLETIN" 412, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Where corn has been cut by a corn binder, a man's efficiency in 
setting it up into shocks is multiplied by 3 over what he can accom- 
plish in cutting and setting up by hand. Table XVII gives the daily 
duty with increasing yields, there being a slight falling off as the 
yield per acre becomes heavier. 
Table XVII. — A fair day's work for a man setting up corn after the corn hinder. 
Yield per 
acre (bushels 
of ears). 
Acres 
per day. 
Number 
averaged. 
50 
75 
100 
3.5 
3.4 
3.3 
102 
165 
474 
From Table XVIII it appears that a very large proportion of 
farmers use three horses on the corn binder. The amount accom- 
plished daily is about 20 per cent less than the average for the United 
States. The heavier average yields of corn in New York, as com- 
pared with the general average, in part account for this, corn not 
being grown so extensively here as elsewhere, but more intensively. 
Table XVIII. — A fair day's work with the corn binder drawn by two and three horses 
respectively. 
Horses. 
Acres 
cut daily. 
Number 
averaged. 
2 
3 
5.3 
5.7 
190 
1,001 
In husking corn from the shock in western New York, one man 
averages only from 65 to 75 per cent of the average for the United 
States, about 35 bushels per day being the normal amount husked 
in this section. Table XIX gives the average bushels per day and 
acreage per day for the yields indicated. 
Table XIX. — A fair day's work for a man in hushing corn from shock. 
Range of yield 
(bushels of ears). 
Acres 
per day. 
Bushels 
per day. 
Number 
averaged. 
Under 41 
41-60 
0.66 
.62 
.47 
.40 
36.3 
32.2 
32.6 
36.0 
26 
122 
293 
431 
61-80 
81 and over 
OPERATIONS ON THE BEAN CROP. 
In Table XX the average daily work that should be accomplished 
in some of the field operations with the bean crop are shown. The 
beans are planted with a grain drill, cultivated with the ordinary 
cultivators, and harvested with a bean harvester, an implement 
