COST OF PRODUCING WINTER WHEAT IN OREGON 
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Table 30. — Standard requirements for field work on a 640-acre farm 
Size of crew and 
size and type of 
implement used 
Work accomplish- 
ed per 10-hour 
day 
Total 
Usual season for do- 
ing field work 
Kind and amount of 
work 
Man 
labor 
Horse 
work 
Plowing 285 acres.. . 
1 man and 12 
horses, 16-inch 
3-bottom gang 
plow. 
1 man and 6 horses, 
24-foot harrow. 
1 man and 6 horses, 
12-foot rod weed- 
er. 
1 man and 6 horses, 
10-foot hoe drill. 
9 acres 
Hours 
317 
171 
138 
142 
172 
336 
45 
166 
10 
208 
112 
Hours 
3,804 
1,026 
828 
852 
304 
1,344 
180 
996 
40 
416 
24 
Mar. 15 to May 1. 
50 acres 
Usually should be 
855 acres. 
Weeding 275 acres 
20 acres 
started before all 
plowing is com- 
pleted and contin- 
ued often enough 
to keep weeds 
down. 
Drilling 285 acres ._ __ 
20 acres ... 
Sept. 15 to Oct. 30 
Hav harvest and storing 
when moisture 
conditions are fa- 
vorable to seed 
germination. 
June 20 to July 1. 
28 tons. 
Harvesting and thresh- 
3 men and 12 horses, 
12-foot combine. 
1 man and 4 horses. 
1 man and 6 horses, 
2 wagons. 
1 man and 4 horses. 
2 men and 4 horses. 
22 acres ... 
July 4 to Aug. 1. 
ing 247 acres. 
Picking up and piling 
500 sacks . 
2,228 grain sacks. 
Hauling wheat to mar- 
ket, 4,305 bushels 5 
miles. 
Hauling grain to gran- 
260 bushels 
ary, 597 bushels. 
Picking up and storing 
chaff, 47 tons. 
Miscellaneous work 
Six-l,500-p o u n d 
loads. 
(haul, clean, and treat 
seed, hand hoe, and 
haul fuel) . 
Total 
1,817 
9,814 
No provision is made for time required for disking land before 
plowing or any tillage work on the crop after seeding. Experiments 
conducted at the agricultural experiment station at Moro have shown 
that disking before plowing and tillage work on the crop after seeding 
is of doubtful value in increasing crop yields in this area. The 
equipment requirements, however, include a disk harrow which may 
be needed at times for pulverizing clods on the fallow ground, or to 
kill weeds when there is an excessive growth which can not be con- 
trolled through the use of the spike-tooth harrow and rod w^eeder. 
A disk harrow may also be needed occasionally in the spring to work 
up ground for reseeding where winter wheat has frozen out. 
A single set of equipment, aside from wagons, wagon beds, and 
harness, would suffice for the effective operation of a farm of this size 
and would be about as shown in Table 31. 
Table 31. — Machinery and equipment; standards for a 640-acre farm 
Num- 
ber 
Item 
Num- 
ber 
Item 
2 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
Heavy wagons. 
Wagon beds for hauling sacked grain. 
Hay and straw rack. 
14-inch walking plow. 
3-bottom 16-inch gang plow. 
24-foot spike-tooth harrow. 
8-foot double-disk harrow. 
12-foot weeder. 
10-foot hoe drill. 
1 
1 
1 
7 sets 
1 
J 
12-foot combine. 
Grain cleaner. 
5-foot reaper. 
Double work harness. 
Saddle. 
Cream separator. 
Miscellaneous equipment (including 
small tools, hitches, etc.) 
