20 BULLETIN 1188, V. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 15. — Cultural practices on 50 farms in Waupaca County, Wis. — Potatoes, 1919. 
Operation. 
Manure 
Plow 
Plow, tractor 
Harrow : 
Spike 
Spike and disk tractor 
Spring 
Spring tractor 
Disk 
Rolling 
Floating 
Marking off 
Sprouting seed 
Cutting seed 
Planting 
Planting, hand 
Cultivating: 
1 row, 1 horse 
1 row, 2 horse 
Spike tooth 
Spike tooth, tractor. . . 
Spring tooth 
Weeder 
Hoeing 
Spraying 
Spraying by hand 
Dusting 
Dusting by hand 
Digging 
Digging by hand 
Picking up 
Sorting and grading 
Hauling to barn 
Hauling t o market 
Farms. 
Num- 
ber. 
Per- 
cent- 
age 
of 
total. 
Covered. 
534 
590 
24 
516 
4 
261 
20 
274 
9 
34 
455 
38 
614 
184 
430 
436 
243 
551 
20 
97 
46 
209 
68 
190 
25 
232 
181 
133 
614 
i 5, 370 
i 36, 163 
i 66, 019 
Per- 
cent- 
of 
total. 
87 
84 
1 
43 
3 
45 
1 
6 
74 
G 
100 
30 
7o 
71 
10 
90 
3 
16 
7 
34 
11 
31 
4 
38 
7s 
22 
Hi.) 
7 
48 
88 
Most 
com- 
mon 
crew. 
Rate per 
day (once 
over). 
16.9 tons. . 
1 .9 acres. . . 
7 acres 
14.9 acres.. 
8 acres 
7.6 acres... 
20 acres.. . 
5.5 acres... 
15 acres.. . 
20 acres.. . 
14.4 acres.. 
30 bushels. 
20 bushels. 
4.2 acres... 
1.6 acres.., 
4.5 acres... 
6.6 acres... 
15.4 acres.. 
30 acres 
9 acres . 
8.9 acres... 
2.3 acres... 
19.2 acres.. 
5.3 acres... 
20 acres. . . 
9.6 acres... 
2.4 acres... 
0.6 acre... 
1.1 acres... 
243 bushels 
393 bushels 
159 bushels 
Times 
over. 
1 
1 
1 
1.6 
1 
1.3 
2. 
1. 
1. 
1. 
1.5 
1 
1 
1 
1 
5.1 
4.6 
2. '2 
1 
1.1 
1.5 
1. 1 
2.6 
1.8 
3 
2.1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
Hours per 
acres. 
Men. 
10.8 
5.3 
1.4 
1.2 
1.2 
1.8 
1.0 
.5 
1.1 
4.5 
5.4 
2.6 
6.5 
11.6 
8.1 
1.5 
.4 
1.2 
1.5 
6. 9 
1.2 
5.1 
1.5 
3.5 
4.9 
20.5 
17.8 
8.8 
5.1 
9.1 
Horse. 
18.6 
11.8 
2.5 
6.1 
1.2 
1.0 
1.7 
"4.8 
11.6 
16.2 
3.1 
"2.4 
1.5 
"l.'6 
1.5 
"l4.'l 
9.5 
18.5 
1 Bushels. 
