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BULLETIX 1271, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
DISTRIBUTION OF MAN LABOR ON POULTRY 
Figure 20 shows the weekly distribution of man labor on a flock of 
160 chickens. The peak labor load came during April, when most of 
the chicks were hatched. The large amounts of special labor in May 
and June were spent cleaning and disinfecting the poultry house. 
Since poultry require comparatively little labor, and this is performed 
by women or children, it interferes little, if at all, with the major 
enterprises of the farm. 
MISCELLANEOUS LABOR REQUIREMENTS AND THEIR RELATION TO 
THE CROP AND LIVESTOCK LABOR 
The labor requirements already presented included only the 
regular work on crops and the different classes of livestock. In addi- 
tion to this regular labor on crops and livestock, a large amount of 
work of miscellaneous or maintenance character must be performed. 
This labor is divided into manure hauling, miscellaneous crop and 
livestock labor, and maintenance labor. 
MANURE HAULING 
An average of 10 per cent of the crop acreage of the farms studied 
is manured each year at the rate of 10 loads per acre. One-third of 
the manure hauling is done during March and April. Ten per cent 
is done in each of the three months — January, February and August. 
Practically none is hauled during June and very little in July and 
October. The rest of this work is scattered throughout the remainder 
of the year. The labor spent hauling manure is shown in Table 44. 
Table 44. — Manure hauling, 1921 
Farm No.' 
Crop 
acres 
per 
farm 
Animal 
units 
per 
farm 
Total hours of 
labor 
Loads 
hauled 
Acres 
covered 
Hours of labor 
per acre 
Loads 
per 
crop 
acre 
covered 
Per 
cent 
crop 
acres 
covered 
Man 
Horse 
Man 
Horse 
5 
10 
3 
195 
123 
191 
69 
74 
102 
128 
122 
226 
145 
109 
238 
110 
89 
71 
' 160 
240 
78 
112 
132 
52 
99 
37 
30 
45 
29 
31 
29 
28 
40 
55 
45 
35 
61 
27 
35 
18 
45 
82 
30 
34 
35 
26 
52 
78 
107 
134 
58 
58 
123 
161 
114 
268 
76 
188 
190 
154 
84 
90 
142 
412 
188 
209 
122 
64 
198 
220 
278 
255 
167 
155 
247 
213 
242 
365 
204 
336 
377 
262 
162 
184 
265 
876 
238 
311. 
368 
130 
393 
75 
106 
130 
47 
60 
95 
109 
100 
222 
79 
129 
220 
143 
86 
75 
171 
325 
144 
171 
118 
61 
2*3 
8 
6 
10 
4 
5 
8 
10 
10 
19 
13 
11 
24 
12 
10 
8 
19 
30 
10 
16 
20 
8 
28 
9.75 
17.84 
13.40 
14.50 
11.60 
15.38 
16.10 
11.40 
14.11 
5.85 
17.09 
7.92 
12.83 
8.40 
11.25 
7.47 
13.73 
18.80 
13.06 
6. 1 
8.00 
7.07 
27.5 
46.33 
25.50 
41.75 
31.00 
30.88 
21.30 
24.20 
19.21 
15.69 
30.55 
15.71 
21.83 
16.20 
23.00 
13.95 
39.20 
23. SO 
19.44 
18.40 
16. 25 
14.04 
9.4 
17.7 
13.0 
11.8 
12,8 
11.9 
10.9 
10.0 
11.7 
6.1 
11.7 
9.2 
11.9 
8.6 
9.4 
9.0 
10.8 
14.4 
10.7 
5.9 
7.6 
9 
4. 1 
4.9 
5 2 
19.. 
5.8 
18 
6.8 
17 
7.8 
8. . 
7.8 
12.... 
8.2 
1 .. 
8.4 
9.0 
14 
10.1 
2 
10. 1 
15 
10.9 
16 
11 2 
21 
11.3 
6 
11.9 
4 
12.5 
20 
12.8 
11.... 
14.3 
9... 
15.2 
22.. 
15.4 
13.... 
28 3 
Average per 
farm.. 
130 
39 
146 
.284 j 133 
13 
11.14 
21.62 
10. 2 10. 
1 Farms are arrayed in order of percentage of crop acreage manured, beginning with the lowest. 
