Colorado Agricultural College Farm Costs. 15 
Table No. 13 gives the man and horse labor costs for rolling. 
This item is only recorded against one year. 
TABLE No. 13. 
MAN AND HORSE LABOR COST FOR ROLLING ALFALFA. 
Year 
Acres 
MAN HOURS 
“HORSE HOURS 
Average 1 HOURS PER TON 
Violrl 1 1 
Total Per Acre 
Total Per Acre 
in Tons | Man [ Horse 
1913 I 5.0 5 | l.Ooj 15 j 3 
_ i 1 1 1 1 
1 1 
3.301 0.30 j 0.91 
1 1 
Av. 1 yr.| | | 1.00 
3.0 
0.30| 0.91 
Table No. 14 gives the man and horse labor costs for drilling 
the alfalfa. The method of seeding employed was drilling. 
TABLE No. 14. 
MAN AND HORSE LABOR COST FOR DRILLING ALFALFA. 
MAN HOURS 
HORSE 
HOURS 
Average 
HOURS PER TON 
Year 
Acres 
Yield 
Total 
Per Acre 
Total 
Per Acre 
Man 
Horse 
in Tons 
1910 
26.59 
14 
0.53 
28 
1.05 
1.99 
0.03 
0.05 
1911 
5.00 
26 
5.20 
12 
1.40 
2.92 
1.78 
0.48 
1912 
20.17 
25 
1.24 
50 
2.48 
3.12 
0.40 
0.79 
1913 
33.04 
36 
1.08 
72 
2.16 
3.30 
0.33 
0.65 
Totals . . 
84.80 
101 
162 
1 1 
Av. 4 yrs. 
1.19 
1.91 
2.95 
0.42 
0.68 
Table No. 15 gives the miscellaneous man and horse labor ap¬ 
plied which could not be charged to any of the regular cost items 
of which we were keeping track. These items include such things 
as burning weeds, putting out poison bran for grasshoppers and like 
items. 
TABLE No. 15. 
MAN AND HORSE LABOR COST FOR MISCELLANEOUS WORK ON ALFALFA. 
Year 
Acres 
MAN HOURS 
HORSE 
HOURS 
Average 
Yield 
in Tons 
HOURS PER TON 
Total 
Per Acre 
Total 
Per Acre 
Man 
Horse 
1 
1910 . 
48.36 
12 
0.25 
7 
0.15 
1.99 
0.10 
0.10 
1911 
95.14 
128.5 
1.33 
137 
1.50 
2.92 
0.48 
0.51 
Totals . . 
143.50 
140.5 | 
144 
Av. 2 yrs.| 
0.98 
1.00 
0.38 
0.38 
