CREDIT FOR HOME PRACTICE IN AGRICULTURE. 
TABLE 4.—Labor requirements for corn per acre once over in Ohio. 
[Adapted from Ohio Station Bulletin 266.] 
Hours per acre. | 
Horse. 
Operation. 
Man. 
(MII eva) Nees at src Stent ae erat 11.79 
Carevolseed = 32 225-82 s . 81 
Preparation of seed bed 
IRTO WAN oR aes eens 5. 44 
Harrowing (spike)........ oe 
Wiskin ee see ren ae eee 1. 02 
IA binlltanng ea eee eet ee . 93 
FVOULIN Gee eacis (Seis eisisicicels - 16 
Planting: 
Marking out, 1 horse...... 1.58 
Marking out, 2 horses..... . 16 
Planting by hands see 2. 38 
Drilling. RETA Seee BU ee ee 1.50 
Planting, 2 horses......-- 93 
Replambhinges wee cease 1.85 
Replanting part area..... Gale 
Cultivating: 
Harrowing after planting. aval 
Rolling after planting..... 70 
Using wecdcrs ns et . 74 
1 Includes the time for cutting the corn in the field. 
Operation. 
| 
| 
Cutting by hand........-. 
Cutting by machine 
Cutting Silage corn by 
machine 
Shocking/ss-ee---cce eee 
Picking up ear corn after 
Duncan ie aay eas 
Hilling’silol so.) voc... ase 
Husking by hand 
IaulineGorm2e.ce secs. 6. 
Hauling fodder?........- 
Snapping, jerking, and 
husking from stalk 
Husking and shredding... 
Shredding 
23 
Hours per acre. 
Man. 
Horse. 
2 After corn has been husked from shock in field. 
The following data were obtained in a southern area studied by the Office of Farm 
Management of the U. 8. Department of Agriculture: 
TABLE 5.—Labor on corn, Coastal Plain, central Georgia. 
[77 records, average yield 24.5 bushels per acre. ] 
Operation, 
Mule- 
hours.! 
_— 
Operation. oe 
Cut stalks, plow and harrow.. 1.9 
Lay off, bed, etc.......-...-. 2.5 
Plant, fertilize, cultivate...... 13.1 
Pull fodder (295 pounds per 
CEN) SS ob CO RSs nee Creare 10.3 
1 Note the relatively small amount of mule labor. 
These conditions are average rather than ideal, as the yield of 24.5 bushels testifies, 
but it is not evident to what extent the figures would be modified by improved prac- 
tice. 
list of operations. 
TABLE 6.—Labor on corn, Warren County, Ky. 
Factors which are found in intermediate States are illustrated in the following 
Not all of the operations were used on any one field. 
. Man- Horse- . Man- Horse- 
Operation. hours hours. Operation. hours hours. 
Wig Pinl eas aes Sop eeeeeeee 10.0 2OKO | hiram essen oe ee a QUO mae ees 
Brea kato ere = gases he eS = 4.0 12.0 || Cultivating, 43 times.........| 6.0 12.0 
Hue preakane ste a ae Ssrs. 4.0 12.0 || Cutting and shocking Seer eres | GHC ee Gaels rae 
iDiskine “twiCen= 5.2 2 Sete: 2.6 10545)|\\Pullinstearssecsssanecsosn see: Tiel RELERaeS 
Harrowing, LWACOs ees eis oe 2.2 4540 ECribbings sae sos soset sae | 2.0 2.0 
TOE EGE 5 eal oe i an al eal 2.2 || Hauling fodder............... | 3.3 6.6 
Rolling and laying off..-.....- 1.4 145i| Shredding sys vass seas aso | 13.4 15.5 
Planting REET Nes Ee el oid PAS Sie ARMOR e Sed ea SoS Roe eee 2 20.0 23.0 
He TO WAN eee ee. Wee Se 2.2 4.9 
TaBLE 7.—Labor on eight farms in Arkansas. 
Man- Horse- 
Crop. hours. hours 
COD. US Ae ess ConA I Ee eC pe aI Nee ea 41.75 44, 28 
ORS: 2 cues oe a aR aera eta ee EE 1 Pree | a UU | 69. 40 36. 50 
SRE CEURSCIPNOC SM toe oo 5 ice ote ols ces s SUNS eke Se <a SU ae oe BT Jae ede | 104. 30 64. 30 
