UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 814 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
Contribution from the Office of Farm Management 
H. C. TAYLOR, Chief 
Washington, D. C. 
April 24, 1920 
THE STANDARD DAY'S WORK IN 
CENTRAL ILLINOIS 
PERFORMANCE OF IMPLEMENTS AND CREWS 
AS INDICATED BY REPORTS FROM 600 FARMS 
IN A TYPICAL CORN-BELT AREA 
By 
H. B. TOLLEY, Scientific Assistant, and 
L. M. CHURCH, Assistant in Farm Accounting 
CONTENTS 
Page 
Introduction ...... 1 
Summary of Results 2 
General Conditions . . . . . 3 
Plowing . 4 
The Disk Harrow 9 
The Spike-Tooth Harrow ... 10 
Planting Corn . . . . . .11 
Cultivating Corn ..... 12 
Cutting Cora 14 
Page 
Husking Corn 17 
Seeding Grain ...... 19 
Harvesting Graiu ..... 21 
Unloading Grain 23 
Haying Operations * . . . 23 
Hauling and Spreading Manure . . 24 
Comparison of Illinois and New York 
Practices ...... 30 
WASHINGTON 
GOTERNMENT PRINTING OFFICB 
1920 
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