28 BULLETIN 693, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table XVI. — Average time and cost of cultivating with 2 and 4 row implements. 
Implement. 
Crew. 
Num- 
ber of 
rec- 
ords. 
Per 
cent of 
rec- 
ords. 
Acres 
culti- 
vated. 
Times 
culti- 
vated. 
Hours per acre. 
Total 
Man. 
Horse. 
Man. 
Horse. 
acre. 
2-row cultivator 
1 
1 
1 
2 
46 
120 
27.7 
72.3 
11.29 
19.07 
4.44 
3.87 
7.74 
4.09 
7.74 
8.18 
82.24 
1.56 
The 4-row cultivator, with, its crew of one man and two horses, 
assisted in reducing the number of man hours expended per acre, 
and this in turn was the factor which lowered the total cost per 
acre. It may not be advisable to maintain a 4-row cultivator 
Fig. 6 (B).— Cultivating sugar beets with a crew of one man and one horse. 
for every farm, but it ought to be possible to own and use such a 
cultivator cooperatively. The necessary horsepower is available on 
practically all farms. 
FURROWING. 
Furrowing out is done to open up furrows between the beet rows 
prior to irrigation. There is a striking correspondence between the 
furrowing out and the cultivation practice in these three districts. 
This work is usually performed after the last cultivation. Special, 
attachments which take the place of the regular teeth are provided 
with each beet cultivator. On many farms it is the custom to run 
the water between every other row, alternating with each irrigation, 
and these are the spaces which require special attention at the 
completion of the last cultivation. There are other cases where the 
