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BULLETIN 1296, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
counted for by the low yield. On farm 8 the location of the field 
reduced the hauling to a minimum, which is chiefly responsible for 
the small amount of labor used for threshing. The low threshing 
requirements on farms 13, 11, and 1 are also partly due to the short 
distance for hauling grain from the machine to the bin. 
Table 12. — Man labor requirements per acre for oats. Harvesting operations, 1922 
Area 
Yield 
per 
acre 
Bind- 
ing 
labor 
Shock- 
ing 
labor 
Stacking 
Thresh- 
ing 
labor 
Total 
harvest- 
ing 
opera- 
tions 
Total 
prepa- 
ration 
opera- 
tions 
Total 
all 
opera- 
tions 
Farm No. 
Labor 
Acreage 
stacked 
1 
Acres 
42 
18 
7 
15 
24 
10 
11 
24 
13 
10 
10 
30 
27 
39 
6 
Bushels 
10.8 
25.0 
23.6 
13.3 
24.7 
36.2 
29.5 
29.9 
20.4 
27.8 
26.1 
29.1 
37.5 
24.4 
31.1 
23.3 
18.3 
33.3 
Hours 
0.72 
1.10 
.70 
.47 
.54 
1.02 
1.76 
1.28 
1.25 
1.32 
.82 
.67 
11.02 
U.03 
11.86 
.88 
.76 
.67 
Hours 
0.48 
.55 
.70 
.67 
.82 
""."88" 
.42 
U.25 
.71 
.82 
1.34 
1.01 
1.03 
2.33 
.70 
.63 
.88 
Hours 
0.46 
Per ct. 
56 
Hours 
0.43 
.88 
.28 
.20 
1.03 
.71 
1.48 
2.52 
2.04 
.51 
.82 
2.64 
.90 
1.54 
1.87 
1.19 
.94 
1.03 
Hours 
2.09 
2.53 
2.80 
3.15 
3.75 
3.76 
4.12 
4.22 
4.54 
4.87 
4.92 
5.66 
5.94 
6.83 
10.73 
3.69 
2.90 
3.85 
Hours 
1.75 
4.36 
4.90 
1.90 
4.00 
4.28 
3.42 
5.10 
3.55 
3.03 
1.64 
2.10 
3.89 
1.89 
3.42 
3.06 
2.48 
2.62 
Hours 
3.84 
8 
4.82 
11 
1.12 
1.81 
1.36 
2.03 
100 
100 
100 
74 
7.70 
13 
5.05 
7 
7.75 
16 
8.04 
15 
7.54 
5 
9.32 
12. 
8.09 
14 
2.33 
2.46 
1.01 
3.01 
3.23 
4.67 
.92 
.57 
1.27 
100 
100 
67 
100 
100 
100 
73 
39 
55 
7.90 
9 
6.56 
4 
7.76 
2 
9.83 
6 
8.72 
3 
14.15 
Average: 
201 acres, 1922 2 
6.75 
390 acres, 1921 J . 
5.38 
334 acres, 1920 2 . 
6.47 
1 Tractor used for part or all of the operations. 
3 Only those farms not using tractors were used in calculating these averages. 
Table 13. — Horse and tractor work requirements per acre for oats. Harvesting 
operations, 1922 
Farm No. 
Area 
Yield 
per 
acre 
Binding 
Stacking 
Thresh- 
ing 
Total har- 
vesting 
operations 
Total prepa- 
ration oper- 
ations 
Total all 
operations 
Horse 
work 
Trac- 
tor 
work 
Horse 
work 
Acreage 
stacked 
Horse 
work 
Horse 
work 
Trac- 
tor 
work 
Horse 
work 
Trac- 
tor 
work 
Horse 
work 
Trac- 
tor 
work 
Acres 
42 
18 
15 
24 
10 
11 
24 
13 
10 
10 
30 
27 
39 
6 
Bush. 
10.8 
25.0 
23.6 
13.3 
24.7 
36.2 
29.5 
29.9 
20.4 
27.8 
26.1 
29.1 
37.5 
24.4 
31.1 
23.3 
18.3 
33.3 
Hrs. 
2.88 
3.86 
2.80 
2.81 
2.73 
4.08 
7.04 
4.20 
"2." 42" 
3.28 
4.01 
1.46 
~4."35" 
3.56 
2.81 
2.95 
Hrs. 
Hrs. 
0.53 
Per ct. 
56 
Hrs. 
0.94 
1.77 
.56 
.40 
1.64 
1.22 
2.96 
2.52 
2.43 
.91 
.41 
4.21 
.90 
.62 
.76 
1.81 
1.44 
1.46 
Hrs. 
4.35 
5.63 
5.58 
5.62 
6.01 
7.33 
10.00 
6.72 
2.43 
6.47 
6.97 
9.55 
5.37 
4.31 
11.33 
6.37 
4.95 
5.99 
Hrs. 
"6." 63" 
""."34" 
.51 
.78 
Hrs. 
7.51 
17.32 
19.94 
8.15 
23.30 
17.14 
15.99 
21.24 
15.39 
14.47 
8.20 
9.09 
11.41 
5.01 
12.42 
13.81 
10.44 
11.99 
Hrs. 
'b'hl' 
Hrs. 
11.86 
22.95 
25.52 
13.77 
29.31 
24.47 
25.99 
27.96 
17.82 
20.94 
15.17 
18.64 
16.78 
9.32 
23.75 
20.18 
15.39 
17.98 
Hrs. 
8 
11 - 
13 
2.22 
2.41 
1.64 
2.03 
100 
100 
100 
74 
7 .. 
16 
15 
5. 
12.. 
0.63 
""."34" 
.51 
.78 
0.63 
14. . . 
3.14 
3.28 
1.33 
3.01 
3.69 
6.22 
1.00 
.70 
1.58 
100 
100 
67 
100 
100 
100 
73 
39 
55 
9.... 
4.... 
2 
.34 
6 
1.15 
3.... 
.78 
Average: 
201 acres, 1 
390 acres, 1 
334 ares, 19 
9221.. 
921 1._ 
201.. 
Only those farms not using tractors were used in calculating these averages. 
