FARM ORGANIZATION IN SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA 
85 
Pork per pound. _ $0.08 
Beef do .05 
Wool do .30 
Mutton do . 10 
locality in 1922 for the grade of product produced by this fanner are 
used in this illustration: 
Corn per bushel.. $0. 50 
Oats do .30 
Barley do .40 
Rye do .70 
Butterfat per pound. _ . 45 
Unit requirements of labor, materials, and feeds in the production of 
crops and livestock. — Reasonable requirements for crop production on 
this farm, based upon the amount of labor used for different opera- 
tions in 1920, 1921, and 1922, and upon a comparison of these amounts 
with standards previously set forth are shown in Tables 50 and 51. 
These requirements are based upon the actual requirements for three 
years on this farm and may be considered as normal requirements for 
the conditions obtaining as to size of implements ana teams used, 
size of fields, and other variable factors. 
Table 50. — Normal labor requirements per acre of crops 
Operation 
Seed-bed preparation op- 
erations: 
Plowing 
Disking 
Harrowing 
Corn operations: 
Plowing. 
Disking.. 
Harrowing 
Planting 
Cultivating 
Husking 
Fodder corn: 
Cutting 
Shocking 
Oats operations: 
Disking 
Harrowing 
Seeding 
Cutting 
Shocking 
Threshing.. 
Barley operations: 
Plowing... 
Harrowing 
Seeding _ 
Man 
hours 
2.50 
.56 
.28 
2.50 
.84 
1.12 
.28 
.52 
.82 
1.10 
3.00 
2.50 
.56 
.52 
Horse 
hours 
Times 
over 
10.00 
2.24 
1.12 
10.00 
3.36 
1.5 
2.72 
2.5 
1.62 
8.00 
3.0 
14.00 
5.13 
4.48 
2.0 
1.12 
1.10 
2.08 
3.28 
5.00 
10.00 
2.24 
2.0 
2.08 
Operation 
Barley operations— Con. 
Cutting 
Shocking , 
Threshing 
Wild hay: 
Mowing 
Raking. 
Hauling and stacking 
Alfalfa: 
First cutting — 
Mowing. 
Raking. 
Hauling 
Second cutting- 
Mowing.. 
Raking.. 
Hauling 
Third cutting — 
Mowing.. 
Raking.- 
Hauling 
Clover and timothy hay: 
Mowing 
Raking.. 
Hauling 
Man 
hours 
0.82 
1.10 
3.00 
1.67 
.83 
4.00 
1.20 
.50 
5.00 
.50 
3.00 
.70 
.40 
2.00 
1.25 
.50 
2.25 
Horse 
hours 
3.28 
5.00 
3.34 
1.66 
5.56 
2.40 
1.00 
6.00 
1.76 
1.00 
4.00 
1.40 
.80 
2.50 
2.50 
1.00 
5.50 
Times 
Table 51. — Material requirements of crops 
Crop 
Seed per acre 
Twine per acre 
Thresh- 
ing or 
husking 
per 
bushel 
10 pounds 
3.2 bushels 
2.3 bushels 
(8 pounds 
5.5 pounds 
3.4 pounds 
3.4pounds 
$0.06 
Oats 
.03 
Barley 
.03 
\6 pounds 
Alfalfa.... 
Feed and labor requirements for livestock production obtained in a 
similar manner are shown in Table 52. 
