A STUDY OF FARM ORGANIZATION IN CENTRAL KANSAS 
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Table 10. — Man labor requirements per acre for oats. Seed-bed preparation and 
seeding operations, 1922 
Farm No. 
11 
5 
Average: 
204 acres, 1922 » 
390 acres, 1921 > 
334 acres, 1920 ' 
Area 
Acres 
10 
42 
39 
18 
30 
10 
6 
11 
13 
27 
24 
10 
18 
Yield 
per 
acre 
Bushels 
26. 1 
10.8 
24.4 
11.4 
29.1 
27.8 
31.1 
29.5 
20.4 
37.5 
24.7 
23.3 
18.3 
33.3 
Plowing 
Labor 
Hours 
0.48 
1.17 
.81 
1.40 
1.92 
1.56 
2.19 
2.12 
2.09 
2.47 
2.75 
1.57 
2.10 
2.97 
1.59 
.69 
1.13 
Times 
0.29 
.65 
.45 
.80 
1.00 
1.00 
1.00 
1.00 
.70 
1.00 
1.00 
1.00 
1.00 
1.00 
.73 
.36 
.47 
Disking 
Labor 
Hours 
0.82 
.24 
Times 
over 
2.00 
1.00 
.34 
.55 
.60 
.60 
1.63 
1.12 
2.00 
2.00 
1.14 
.30 
Harrowing Drilling 
Labor 
Hours 
0.36 
.21 
.12 
.17 
.40 
.62 
.70 
.80 
.60 
.66 
.61 
.44 
1.12 
1.38 
.48 
.28 
.52 
Times 
over 
1.00 
1.00 
.60 
1.00 
2.00 
2.00 
2.00 
2.00 
1.00 
2.00 
1.00 
1.00 
2.00 
2.00 
1.22 
.73 
1.65 
Labor 
Hours 
0.82 
.67 
.51 
.63 
.53 
.71 
1.24 
.53 
.63 
.60 
.87 
.92 
.72 
.56 
.75 
.69 
.69 
.78 
Total 
labor 
Hours 
1.64 
1.75 
1.89 
1.90 
2.10 
3.03 
3.42 
3.42 
3.55 
3.89 
4.00 
4.28 
4.36 
4.90 
5.10 
3.06 
2.48 
2.62 
1 Only those farms not using tractors were used in calculating these averages. 
Table 11. — Horse work requirements per acre for oats. Seed-bed preparation and 
vooMnnn operations, 1922 
Area 
Yield 
per 
acre 
Plowing 
Disking 
Harrowing 
Drilling 
Total 
Farm No. 
Horse 
work 
Times 
over 
Horse 
work 
Times 
over 
Horse 
work 
Times 
over 
Horse 
work 
horse 
work 
9 
Acres 
10 
42 
39 
18 
30 
10 
6 
11 
13 
27 
24 
10 
18 
7 
24 
Bushels 
26.1 
10.8 
24.4 
11.4 
29.1 
27.8 
31.1 
29.5 
20.4 
37.5 
24.7 
36.2 
25.0 
23.6 
29.9 
23.3 
18.3 
33.3 
Hours 
Hours 
4.92 
.96 
2.00 
1.00 
Hours 
Hours 
3.28 
2.69 
2.05 
2.51 
2.81 
2.83 
4.97 
2.22 
2.50 
2.40 
3.46 
3.68 
2.87 
2.22 
3.01 
2.87 
2.77 
3.12 
Hours 
8 20 
1 
2.42 
12.14 
3.80 
5.61 
9.62 
4.97 
10.97 
9.69 
5.12 
14.68 
11.02 
7.44 
12.60 
11.45 
7.39 
2.95 
5.27 
0.29 
.65 
.45 
.80 
1.00 
1.00 
1.00 
1.00 
.70 
1.00 
1.00 
1.00 
1.00 
1.00 
.73 
.36 
.47 
1.44 
.82 
.48 
.67 
2.02 
2.48 
2.80 
3.20 
1.49 
5.16 
2.44 
1.77 
2.56 
6.78 
2.37 
1.22 
2.72 
1.00 
1.00 
.60 
1.00 
2.00 
2.00 
2.00 
2.00 
1.00 
2.00 
1.00 
1.00 
2.00 
2.00 
1.22 
.73 
1.65 
7 51 
6 . 
1 5 01 
13 
1.36 
. 55 
8 15 
4 
9 09 
14. . 
14 47 
3 
12 42 
15 
15 99 
12 
15 39 
2 
2.40 
.60 
11.41 
23.30 
16. 
17. 14 
8.. 
5.24 
2.56 
2.00 
2.00 
17.32 
11 
19.94 
5 
21.24 
Average: 
204 acres, 1922 2 . . 
390 acres, 1921 2 __ 
1.18 
3.50 
.88 
.60 
1.14 
.30 
13.81 
10.44 
334 acres, 1920 2 
11.99 
1 
1 In addition to the horse hours, 0.64 tractor hours were used per acre for plowing. 
2 Only those farms not using tractors were used in calculating these averages. 
REASONS FOR VARIATIONS IN LABOR REQUIREMENTS FOR HARVESTING 
In Tables 12 and 13 the man labor and horse work used in the 
harvesting of oats are given, together with a summary of the work 
done prior to harvest. It is noteworthy that farm 3, with the highest 
requirement of man labor, had the smallest acreage and one of the 
highest yields. The use of a tractor and two men for binding on 
this farm was partly responsible for the high labor requirement for 
that operation. The low requirements on farm 1 are largely ac- 
