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BULLETIN 1447, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
TABLE 5.—Kinds and amounts of horse work per farm, 31 tractor farms, 1922 — 
Continued 
Hence 
Man Horse | 28° 0 
: s Farms | total 
Kind of work reporting oars aber Gays DED ance 
days per 
farm 
Haying work: Number | Number | Number | Per cent 
Cutting; reaper! Ae SS ee Sete ea ee eee 12 1.4 2.8 0.3: 
Cutting, header): 622 2) eee Se ees en ee Bee | 11 .9 | On” “6 
Cutting; binder! 22. © es ea aE Ces a a Oe eee ent eee 5 ol 16. se 
Cutting, »mower.! (te22 6 ee, SEP ES ERD Ey pee faye eee 4 .6 1E2 = i 
Roalkaimg Way se Seca tee hid aI ie ae 4 .4 ah sal 
AS Ey AU hat) ak: y gueenee on ee neen ees Ri SCT ST ea Te 31 13.8 23. 3 Oey 
Total haying work 2c2 8 2s ee a plea ee ee ee eee “31 17.6 Bias 4.0 
Hauling: chaft amd'stra was 2 oe ee eee eee eee 28 19.6 36. 8 4.2 
Picking up grain sacks’: 22 Ses ee eee eee 18 8.2 23. 4 2a 
Hauling grain to ‘granary, or tomarket 22 eee eee 22 IR}. 72 92. 4 10. 5 
Hauling: fuel and oie eee oe ey eee 2 sal Se |W Bais 
Hauling: seed): 28 2 shag See ey Se aR SS SR eae eee creel 16 ite it 2.6 ao 
Roustabowt. & se ee aE ee ee ee ere 3 1.6 6.5 8 
Total miscellaneous work] j= = 22) ee ees 19 2.8 9.3 Veal 
ivorse work done-on farm) 5 esses eae eee ee 571 eS hee Se 877.5 100. 0 
Horseswork Wiredsout. sie Bea ae ae eee SW elena enters 4A~ Ai Baan ne nee, 
TPotal-Thorse work cs Shs soc i Bg ea ag ee yeep Bilis | ua O21 Os ee 
Hrorse* work: hired 2.22 = 22S Ee eee eee ee ISRIE Soucy shes GY fall igo Be jeS 
AOtal Work Dy HOrses\OwMed sae te wee eae ee Bis Saree a 866;,2: | 24ers 
2 37.4 per cent, or 3,889 bushels per farm was hauled with motor truck. 
318.4 per cent hauled with motor truck. 
The operations most extensively done with horse-drawn imple- 
ments were spike-tooth harrowing, weeding, and drilling (Tables 
4 and 5). On the basis of once over the ground, there was an equiva- 
lent of 1,330 acres spike-tooth harrowed per farm, of which 1,214 
acres, or 91 per cent, was done with horses. Twenty-eight men did 
all of their spike-tooth harrowing with horses. Most of these men 
used either a l-man 6-horse or a 1-man 8-horse crew and a 20 or 
24 foot harrow. 
Weeding with horse-drawn weeders was reported on 25 farms. An 
average of 521 acres were weeded per farm, of which 474 acres, or 91 
per cent, was with horses. A majority of these men used a 1-man 
6-horse crew and a 12-foot weeder. The horse days spent in weed- 
ing averaged 122.2 per farm and amounted to 13.9 per cent of the 
total horse work per farm. . 
Drilling with horse-drawn drills was reported on 30 farms. On a 
total of 568 acres of grain drilled per farm, 462 acres, or 81 
cent, was with horses. Twenty-six of these men did all of their 
drilling with horses. A majority used either four or six horses 
and a 10-foot or a 12-foot drill. 
Spring plowing with ‘horses was reported on 16 farms and 
amounted to ie horse days or to 18 per cent of the total horse work 
per farm (fig. 4 
The total land preparation, seeding, and harvesting and threshing 
of grain crops amounted to 680.4 horse days per farm, or to 77. 5 
