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BULLETIN 814, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 
SEEDING AND HARVESTING GRAIN. 
The sizes of implements and teams and the acres covered per day 
in drilling and harvesting grain, and the accomplishment of one 
man in shocking grain for the two areas are given in Table XXXIV. 
The larger implements and teams used in the Illinois area enable one 
man to cover more ground per day when seeding and harvesting 
grain, and each man covers a 10 per cent greater acreage in shocking 
in the Illinois area than he does in western Xew York. The figures 
for. the binders and the shockers apply only to the oats crop in 
Illinois area, while those for western Xew York are averages for all 
grain. 
Table XXXIV. — Seeding and harvesting grain. 
or operation. 
McClean County, 111. 
Western New York. 
Implement 
Most 
common 
size. 
Number 
of 
horses. 
Acres 
per 
day. 
Most 
common 
size. 
Number 
of 
horses. 
Acres 
per 
day. 
Grain drill 
Feet 
8 
8 
4 
4 
14.9 
17.9 
8.2 
Feet 
6 
6 
2 
3 
10.0 
10 4 
Shocking. 
7.5 
HAYING. 
Table XXXV shows in comparison the work of mowers, .tedders, 
and sulky rakes in the two areas. Five-foot mowers and 10-foot 
rakes are the most common sizes in both areas. It will be seen that 
all these implements cover more ground per day in the Illinois area 
than in western New York. 
Table XXXV. — Mowing, tedding, and raking hag. 
Implement. 
McLean County, 111. 
Western New York. 
Most 
common 
size. 
Number 
of 
horses. 
Acres 
per 
day. 
Most 
common 
size. 
Number 
of 
horses. 
Acres 
per 
day. 
Mower 
Feet 
5 
10 
10 
2 
2 
2 
10.4 
20.8 
20.-8 
Feet 
5 
2 
2 
2 
9.0 
Tedder 
14.3 
10 
17.6 
The data on hauling hay from the field and unloading it into the 
mow are not comparable for the two areas, and the figures afford no 
comparison of the efficiency of man labor for these operations. The 
western Xew York fanners were asked to give the number of tons 
that could be loaded, hauled to the barn or stack, and unloaded in a 
clay by crews of different sizes, while the men of the Illinois area 
were asked for the time required to put on and take off a load with 
crews of different sizes. Bulletin 412 states, however, that the farm- 
ers in western Xew York " are on the average from 5 to 10 per cent 
more efficient in hauling in their hay than the average farmer of the 
country," 
