BULLETIN 1292. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Carolina, and South Carolina which lie within the coastal plain 
where soil, climate, types of farming, and farm practices are similar. 
With these data at hand, a farmer can measure the efficiency of 
the labor on his farm by comparing the performance of his crew at 
different operations with the accomplishment of crews at the same 
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Fig. 1.— Shaded areas indicate where data were obtained 
operations on other farms. With the purchase of a new machine of 
a size and type that has not been used on the farm, the information 
given here will enable the farmer to determine closely what the ac- 
complishment of his men and mules with the new machine should be. 
There are wide variations from farm to farm in the size of crew used 
for such operations as plowing and harrowing. The information on 
