FARM ORGANIZATION" IN" SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA 
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Table 7. — Horse-labor requirements per acre, by operations, for corn husked from 
standing stalk, 1921 
Acres 2 
per 
farm 
Yield 
per 
acre 
Plow- 
ing 
Disking 
Harrowing 
Plant- 
ing 
Cultivating 
Husk- 
ing 
Farm No. 1 
Total 
Times 
over 
Total 
Times 
over 
Total 
Times 
over 
Total 
10 
53 
92 
61 
29 
69 
55 
72 
44 
30 
56 
96 
83 
21 
42 
62 
40 
85 
32 
40 
55 
52 
Bushels 
34 
38 
29 
40 
31 
56 
55 
48 
55 
53 
50 
52 
41 
39 
41 
60 
45 
53 
51 
44 
58 
Hours 
3 8.41 
9.60 
12.56 
4 8.56 
10.30 
~~9.~29~ 
11.88 
10.98 
9.64 
8.85 
10.94 
9.20 
10.66 
13.92 
13.16 
10.60 
14.29 
15.43 
10.25 
15.73 
Hours 
3.64 
2.10 
2.64 
6.48 
1.62 
«.38 
1.79 
3.60 
3.38 
.71 
2.77 
4.00 
4.48 
.94 
6.18 
4.22 
2.56 
5.24 
6.90 
3.51 
4.51 
1.55 
1.28 
1.00 
2.00 
.70 
1.67 
.80 
1.33 
1.88 
.48 
1.65 
2.00 
1.41 
.56 
2.48 
1.60 
1.65 
2.13 
3.00 
1.31 
1.96 
Hours 
3.44 
1.89 
2.24 
2.33 
3.52 
2.35 
2.48 
2.35 
3.06 
3.57 
2.44 
2.55 
7.20 
4.91 
1.57 
2.39 
2.88 
3.18 
1.23 
3.55 
5.05 
2.75 
2.49 
2.41 
2.65 
2.93 
2.22 
2.50 
2.12 
3.26 
3.00 
3.17 
3.11 
3.46 
3.72 
1.87 
2.75 
2.88 
2.45 
1.00 
2.77 
3.41 
Hours 
1.82 
1.20 
1.18 
1.60 
1.42 
1.49 
1.61 
1.62 
1.46 
2. 12 
1.22 
1.35 
3.24 
1.82 
1.24 
1.62 
1.42 
1.44 
2.00 
1.70 
1.72 
Hours 
10.43 
7.40 
7.44 
8.28 
9.48 
7.98 
8.12 
7.90 
8.23 
9.57 
6.48 
8.22 
10.51 
9.82 
12.58 
13.28 
8.93 
11.12 
17.70 
10.88 
13.04 
2.62 
3.16 
3.00 
2.67 
3.00 
3.00 
2.89 
2.81 
2.80 
2.91 
2.28 
2.67 
2.84 
3.34 
4.84 
4.00 
3.19 
4.00 
5.00 
3.11 
4.00 
Hours 
12.98 
9.37 
9. 10 
12.90 
11.55 
15.61 
15. 14 
14.34 
13.38 
14.47 
12.25 
13.35 
15. 18 
19.37 
18.20 
16.13 
21.67 
19.54 
13.49 
11.67 
17.65 
Hours 
40.72 
3 
31.56 
7. 
35.16 
18..- 
40.15 
2. 
37.89 
13 
27.81 
6 
38.43 
19... 
41.69 
20 
40.49 
11--. 
40.08 
1. 
34.01 
5. 
40.41 
22 
49.81 
16 
9.-. - 
47.52 
53.69 
8 
50.80 
4. 
48.06 
17-.- 
54.81 
12 
15 . 
56.75 
41.56 
14 
57.70 
Average 18 
farms: 
19216 
57 
57 
66 
46 
38 
33 
11.20 
10.91 
11.54 
3.91 
3.76 
3.56 
1.82 
1.54 
1.56 
2.88 
3.47 
2.90 
2.74 
3.02 
2.59 
1.14 
1.67 
1.49 
9.53 
10.69 
10.57 
3.23 
3.60 
3.79 
14.07 
13.76 
11.90 
42.73 
19208 
44.26 
1922° 
41.96 
i Farms are arrayed in order of total man-labor requirements beginning with the lowest 
2 Total corn acreage on farm. 
3 In addition to the horse-hours, 0.12 tractor-hour per acre was used for plowing. 
4 In addition to the horse-hours, 0.66 tractor -hour per acre was used for plowing. 
* In addition to the horse-hours, 2.18 tractor -hours per acre were used for plowing and 0.54 tractor-hour 
for disking. 
6 Data from farms using tractors omitted in computing these averages. 
CAUSES FOR VARIATIONS IN LABOR REQUIREMENTS FOR CORN HUSKED FROM 
STANDING STALK 
All corn was planted with a 2-row horse-drawn planter. The only 
variation in the planting operation due to equipment was the differ- 
ence in the time required for drilling, as compared with checking corn. 
The time spent in stretching the check-rower wire increased the time 
required per acre for planting. 
On farm 10, which has the lowest man-labor requirements per acre 
for one cultivation, a 2-row cultivator with four horses was used 
almost exclusively. On farm 1 7 the man-labor requirements were also 
cut down by the use of a 2-row cultivator. The 2-row machine, 
however, increased the horse-labor requirements somewhat. On all 
other farms single-row 2-horse cultivators were used. 
The use of a mechanical corn picker resulted in low man-labor 
requirements for husking on farm 18. Some saving in horse labor 
occurred. Low labor requirements for husking on farm 10 were 
due in part to the use of a mechanical picker on a portion of the 
acreage. Man-labor is saved in husking by the use of" only one man 
with a team. On farms 1 and 15 two men worked with one team in 
husking, and although the horse-labor requirements per acre were 
low the man-labor requirements per acre were among the highest in 
the group. (Tables 6 and 7.) 
