A STUDY OF FARM ORGANIZATION IN CENTRAL KANSAS 
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Table 34. — Requirements of man labor and horse work per acre for crops grown 
on a selected farm 
Item 
Labor 
Times 
Man 
Horse 
over 
Plowing for wheat 
Hours 
1.80 
.50 
.29 
.50 
.75 
.75 
1.50 
M.OO 
2.00 
.30 
.70 
1.00 
1.11 
.30 
.67 
1.11 
1.42 
1.50 
4.50 
3.00 
3.00 
1.25 
.75 
4.00 
1.00 
.50 
2.50 
1.00 
.40 
1.60 
.80 
.40 
1.25 
Hours 
9.00 
2.00 
1.43 
2.00 
3.00 
Disking for wheat 
0.25 
2.00 
Harrowing for wheat 
Drilling wheat 
Binding wheat or oats 
Shocking wheat or oats 
Stacking wheat or oats 
2.00 
18.00 
10.00 
1.50 
2.80 
2.00 
4.44 
1.50 
2.68 
2.22 
4.26 
Hauling wheat from thresher __ _ 
Plowing for oats or Sudan grass .. .. 
Harrowing for oats or Sudan grass ._ 
1 00 
Drilling for oats or Sudan grass . . 
Threshing oats 
Listing in corn or kafir . . 
Harrowing corn or kafir 
1 00 
Sledding corn or kafir . ... . . 
2 00 
Cultivating corn or kafir. ........ . .. . 
1.00 
Binding corn or kafir . 
Shockingcorn .. ..... 
1.50 
Shockingkafir ._ . . . 
2.00 
2.50 
1.50 
4.00 
2.00 
1.00 
3.00 
2.00 
.80 
2.00 
1.60 
.80 
1.50 
Mowing Sudan grass . . 
Stacking Sudan grass . ' 
First cutting- 
Raking ... .. . . .. 
Second cutting- 
Third cutting- 
i Per 100 bushels. 
Table 35. — Material requirements per acre and threshing costs per bushel for crops 
Crop 
Seed per 
acre 
Twine 
per acre 
Thresh- 
ing per 
bushel 
Wheat . - - - --- --- 
Pounds 
75 
64 
7 
10 
25 
Pounds 
2 
2 
3 
Cents 
12 
Oats --- - --- 
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Table 36. — Feed and labor requirements for livestock used in planning 
reorganization 
Corn 
Oats 
Kafir 
Wheat 
Alfal- 
fa hay 
Su- 
dan 
grass 
Corn 
or 
kafir 
fod- 
der 
Skim 
milk 
Pro- 
tein 
sup- 
ple- 
ment 
Vet- 
eri- 
nary 
med- 
icine 
and 
salt 
Grit 
Labor 
Man 
Horse 
Cows per head 
Young cattle per 
head 
Lbs. 
325 
30 
360 
200 
Lbs. 
500 
40 
i'eoo" 
Lbs. 
lib 
80 
20 
2,600 
400 
Lbs. 
Lbs. 
2,500 
400 
Lbs. 
500 
250 
Lbs. 
Lbs. 
Lbs. 
300 
50 
25 
500 
Dolte 
0.50 
.12 
.05 
.75 
.50 
Lbs. 
"l50" 
Hrs. 
120 
15 
4 
160 
50 
Hrs. 
10 
1,000 
"~i66~ 
7H 
Hogs per lOOpounds 
Poultry per 100 
1 
1,200 
6 
1,000 
1,000 
2,000 
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