NORMAL DAYS WORK IN WESTERN NEW YORK. 
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drawn by two horses and having two long knives, each of which cuts 
a row, the two rows being thrown in the center between the rows. 
The beans are then thrown into small piles with a pitchfork, and 
from time to time the piles are forked and turned over, so that the 
pods will dry out and cure suitably for threshing. 
Table XX. — A fair day's work for the operations in bean growing. 
Operation. 
Horses. 
Men. 
Acres 
daily. 
Number 
averaged. 
2 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 
10.9 
7.6 
2.8 
2.7 
1,040 
982 
793 
819 
Harvesting with bean harvester 
In Table XXI the acreage that can be cleared in a day in hauling 
in the bean crop is shown for the crews commonly used in this section. 
Doubling the crew does not quite double the acreage cleared daily. 
Crews larger than two or three men are not very common, since the 
system of farming is such that the field work can be chiefly done with 
one regular hired man and members of the family. 
Table XXI. — A fair day's work for crews in hauling beans from field to barn. 
Crews. 
Acres 
cleared 
daily. 
Number 
averaged. 
Men. 
Horses. 
Wagons. 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
2 
2 
4 
4 
4 
1 
1 
2 
2 
2 
5.5 
6.5 
10.3 
10.9 
12.2 
459 
355 
64 
35 
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HAYING OPERATIONS. 
In Table XXII is shown the daily duty of men and implements in 
the haying operations preparatory to hauling into the barn or stack- 
ing. The averages for mowing, raking, tedding, and cocking are 
substantially, the same as the averages for the United States as a 
whole. 
Table XXII. — A fair day 's work for implements, men, and teams used in making hay. 
Operation. 
Men. 
Horses. 
Width. 
Acres 
daily. 
Number 
averaged. 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
2 
{ I 
Feet. 
( r 
10 
10 
10 
10 
8.3 
9.0 
10.2 
15.0 
17. 6 
13.1 
16.3 
14.3 
6.3 
32 
974 
195 
175 
424 
89 
164 
658 
1,044 
Raking 
Bunching 
Tedding 
Cocking 
