FARM ORGANIZATION IN SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA 
25 
LABOR REQUIREMENTS FOR OATS PRODUCTION 
The labor requirements for oats are presented in Tables 14 and 
15. The total hours for each operation are shown and in case an 
operation is repeated, the number of times is indicated. Since shock 
threshing is the common practice, the average total labor require- 
ments are on the basis of shock rather than stack threshing. The 
average for the latter operation is given so that a stack-threshing 
total can be computed. 
Table 14. — Man-labor requirements per acre, by operations for oats, 1921 
Acres 
per 
farm 
Yield 
Plowing 
Disking 
Harrowing 
Farm No. * 
Total 
Times 
over 
Total 
Times 
over 
Total 
Times 
over 
3 . 
81 
93 
41 
77 
32 
50 
45 
47 
81 
32 
54 
25 
24 
41 
41 
20 
27 
34 
8 
58 
15 
53 
45 
40 
48 
Bushels 
33 
29 
29 
34 
29 
41 
31 
32 
31 
36 
45 
32 
32 
35 
26 
31 
39 
37 
28 
37 
24 
40 
33 
37 
41 
Hours 
Hours 
0.75 
.40 
.82 
1.17 
1.10 
1.02 
1.26 
.75 
1.04 
1.16 
1.16 
1.26 
1.12 
.67 
1.46 
1.52 
.56 
.31 
.00 
.97 
1.78 
1.06 
.96 
.75 
1.00 
1.54 
.81 
1.16 
2.30 
2.50 
2.00 
2.00 
1.54 
2.00 
2.00 
2.00 
2.00 
2.00 
1.39 
2.00 
2.50 
2.00 
.60 
1.00 
1.68 
2.92 
2.00 
1.75 
1.23 
1.92 
Hours 
0.22 
.44 
.37 
.26 
.34 
.26 
.33 
.28 
.25 
.19 
.15 
.31 
.31 
.41 
.39 
.96 
1.21 
2 
1.25 
0.59 
1.98 
17 
1.16 
1 
.14 
.13 
.065 
.07 
1.00 
10 
2.00 
6 
1.00 
9 . 
.14 
1.53 
.04 
.46 
1.38 
7 
1.00 
5 
1.00 
15 
.53 
4 
.72 
20 
1.00 
19 
.10 
1.35 
.03 
.43 
1.00 
18 . 
2.30 
14 
1.31 
16 
.52 
2 2.18 
2.07 
1.57 
1.41 
.71 
1.70 
.57 
1.25 
.13 
.17 
2 1.00 
.70 
.65 
.50 
.31 
.61 
.21 
.48 
.04 
3.00 
13 
11 
.56 
.24 
.63 
.36 
.26 
.34 
.46 
.32 
1.70 
21.. 
1.00 
12 
2.32 
22. . 
1.46 
8 
1.00 
Average: 
21 farms, 1921 3 
1.37 
16 farms, 1920 3 .. 
1.64 
• 18 farms, 1922 3 
1.12 
Farm No. i 
Seeding 
Cutting 
Shocking 
Stacking 
Stack 
threshing 
Shock 
threshing 
Total 
3 
Hours 
0.48 
.54 
.53 
.51 
.52 
.48 
.45 
.20 
.30 
.50 
.61 
.59 
.78 
.45 
.24 
1.12 
.47 
.54 
.54 
.47 
.47 
.50 
.48 
.58 
.48 
Hours 
0.74 
.74 
.91 
.80 
.94 
.91 
.55 
.84 
.75 
.99 
.88 
.87 
1.26 
.96 
1.00 
.92 
1.01 
.79 
1.21 
.90 
1.08 
.96 
.86 
.78 
.77 
Hours 
0.88 
.62 
.80 
1.12 
.85 
1.32 
1.32 
1.31 
1.28 
1.86 
.97 
1.02 
.93 
1.06 
1.91 
.97 
.86 
2.08 
.97 
1.12 
1.42 
1.08 
1.14 
1.07 
.98 
Hours 
Hours 
Hours 
2.25 
1.79 
2.40 
2.44 
2.97 
2.89 
3.01 
2.17 
Hours 
5.32 
2 _ . 
5.78 
17 
5.83 
1 „ 
6.44 
10. .. 
6.85 
6._ 
6.88 
9 
7.06 
7 
7.08 
2.74 
0.73 
7.09 
15. 
2.58 
3.54 
7.28 
4 
7.31 
20 _ 
2.76 
2.14 
.81 
.99 
7.62 
19 
7.63 
18 _ 
2.94 
3.96 
7.84 
14 
8.96 
16- 
2.75 
3.23 
.51 
.98 
9.27 
13 
9.29 
11 
2.99 
9.34 
21 
2.72 
2.82 
2.83 
3.36 
2.83 
2.54 
2.87 
1.69 
1.32 
1.08 
1.64 
1.08 
1.10 
1.06 
9.54 
12 
9.64 
22.. 
9.73 
8 
10.56 
Average: 
21 farms, 1921 3 
2.65 
2.67 
2.23 
4 7.00 
16 farms, 1920 3 
*7. 56 
18 farms, 1922 3 . 
4 5.91 
1 Farms are arrayed in order of total man-labor requirement, beginning with the lowest. 
2 Plowed and disked with tractor. 
3 Farms using tractor omitted in computing these averages. 
4 Total is for shock threshing. Total hours per acre for stacked oats in 1921, 8.26. 
