A STUDY OF FARM ORGANIZATION IX CENTRAL KANSAS 
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Table 17. — Requirements of man labor and horse work per acre for corn cut and 
husked from shock, 1922 
Area 
Yield 
per 
acre 
Man labor 
Horse work 
Farm No. 
Total 
prior 
to 
harvest 
Cutting 
Shock- 
ing 
Husk- 
ing 
Total 
Total 
prior 
to 
harvest 
Cutting 
Husk- 
ing 
Total 
1 
Acres 
24 
15 
3 
4 
21 
13 
8 
18 
16 
, 1922 
, 1921... 
Bushels 
17 
16 
20 
20 
21 
15 
21 
20 
30 
19.9 
11.2 
Hours 
3.43 
6.78 
6.92 
5.27 
4 67 
3.10 
5.04 
8.46 
6.59 
5.44 
4.95 
Hours 
1.45 
1.67 
1.40 
2.10 
1.46 
1.39 
2.50 
1.92 
3.12 
1.89 
1.54 
Hours 
0.77 
Hours 
Hours 
5.65 
8.45 
9.72 
10.74 
11.93 
12.05 
14.48 
18.16 
20.96 
14.85 
10.01 
Hours 
12.81 
25.03 
22.54 
18.87 
15.87 
10.71 
14.04 
35.66 
19.89 
19.53 
16.60 
Hours 
4.37 
5.00 
4.20 
6.30 
4.39 
4.17 
7.50 
5.75 
9.38 
5.54 
450 
Hours 
~"l.~42~ 
1.85 
2.38 
.70 
3.00 
U.76 
1.92 
Hours 
17.18 
3 
30.03 
11 
1.40 
3.37 
1.27 
1.46 
2.69 
2.37 
3.75 
U.92 
U.52 
"~4.~53~ 
6.10 
4.25 
5.41 
7.50 
15. 60 
12.00 
26.74 
2.. - 
25.17 
21.68 
14 
16.73 
15 
23.92 
17 
42.11 
8 
32.27 
Average: 
122 acres 
2S3 acres 
126.83 
1 22. 02 
1 Averages and totals are for acreages shocked and husked. 
Table 18. — Requirements of man labor arid horse work per acre for silage corn, 1922 
2 
Average: 
100 acres, 1922 
260 acres, 1921 
41 acres, 1920.. 
Man labor 
Horse work 
Prior to 
har- 
vest, 
Hours 
3.43 
3.71 
3.65 
7.06 
5.27 
4.21 
4,95 
5.88 
Cut- 
Filling 
Prior to 
Cut- 
Filling 
ting, 
silo, per 
peraXe cutting ' 
ting, 
silo, per. 
per acre 
acre 
*** M ^ v per acre per acre 
acre 
Hours 
Hours 
Hours 
Hours 
Hours 
Hours 
1.45 
5.25 
10.13 
12.81 
4.34 
3.30 
1.81 
4.72 
10.24 
1 12. 91 
5.44 
3.77 
.70 
6.30 
10.65 
14. 14 
2.10 
4.20 
.63 
15.70 
23.39 
22.00 
1.90 
18.41 
2.10 
17.88 
25.25 
18.87 
6.30 
12.41 
1.47 
8.40 
14.08 
14.95 
4.41 
6.62 
1.54 
5.22 
11.71 
16.60 
4.50 
4.77 
1.58 
11.22 
18.68 
19.09 
4.75 
10.73 
Total 
Hours 
20.45 
1 22. 12 
20.44 
42.31 
37.58 
25.98 
25.87 
34.57 
1 Forty-eight one-hundredths tractor hours per acre were used for disking in addition to the horse labor. 
Farm 8, with the largest yield of corn, also used the most labor for 
cutting, shocking, and husking from the shock. The most labor for 
silo filling was used on farm 2, which also had the highest tonnage of 
silage per acre and one of the highest requirements for binding and 
shocking. Fodder yields are responsible for some of the variations, 
but this information was not obtained in all cases. 
The use of large crews of men and horses for silo filling on farm 16 
and the loss of time in waiting partly account for its large labor re- 
quirements. The corn was hauled a considerable distance. 
STANDARD REQUHJEMENTS FOR CORN PRODUCTION 
For seed-bed preparations, the standards suggested for wheat may 
be used for corn. The standards set up below for listing, cultivating, 
and harvesting: corn mav be applied to a limited extent to the other 
wind 
row crops, 
small acreages of 
hich are produced in this area. 
Operation 
Size and type of equipment and crew 
Hours per acre 
Acres 
per 10- 
hour 
day 
Man 
Horse 
1.11 | 4.44 
.67 2. 68 
1.11 2.22 
1.42 4.26 
9 
15 
9 
Binding. 
1-row harvester, 3 horses (20-bushel yield) 
One man and team (20-bushel yield) 
7 
Husking from standing stalks. . 
4.00 
8.00 
2.5 
