20 
Colorado Experiment Station. 
Table No. 25 records the cost in man and horse labor for cut¬ 
ting the corn preparatory to silage making. 
TABLE No. 25. 
MAN AND HORSE LABOR COST FOR CUTTING CORN.* 
Year 
Acres 
MAN I 
iOURS 
HORSE 
HOURS 
Average 
Yield 
in Tons 
HOURS PER TON 
1 
Total 
Per Acre 
Total 
Per Acre 
1 
Man [ Horse 
1911 
1912 
1913 
9.0 
9.0 
9.0 
135 
203 
106 y 2 
11.75 
22.56 
11.75 
7.65 
7.48 
7.61 
1.54 
3.02 
1.54 
Totals 
27.0 
444.5 
• 1 
1 
1 
Av. 3 yrs. 
16.46 
1 
2.03 
*NOTE—Cut with corn knives by hand. 
Table No. 26 gives the man and horse labor in detail for ma¬ 
nuring the land which produced the crop. These data necessarily 
are limited to the seasons in which manuring was done. 
TABLE No. 26. 
MAN AND HORSE LABOR COST FOR MANURING SILAGE CORN. 
Y ear 
Acres 
MAN I 
IOURS 
HORSE 
HOURS 
Average 
Yield 
in Tons 
HOURS 
PER TON 
Total 
Per Acre 
Total 
Per Acre 
Man 
Horse 
1913 
9 
186 
20.67 
324 
36 
7.61 
2.72 
4.73 
1914 
9 
489 
54.33 
647 
72 
* * 
Totals 
18 
675 
971 
1 
Av. 1 and 
2 yrs. 
37.5 
_ 
53.94 
2.72 
4.73 
**1914 data not complete when going to press. 
Table No. 27 gives the cost in man and horse labor for disk¬ 
ing the land in preparation for the silage corn. Since this prepara¬ 
tion was performed only one year, but one season’s result can be 
presented. 
TABLE No. 27. 
MAN AND HORSE LABOR COST FOR DISKING CORN. 
Year 
Acres 
MAN I 
IOURS 
HORSE 
HOURS 
Average 
Yield 
in Tons 
HOURS PER TON 
Total 
Per Acre 
Total 
Per Acre 
Man Horse 
1 1 
1911 | 9 10 
1 1 
1.11 
40 
4.45 
7.65 
1 
0.15 0.58 
1 
Av. 1 yr.| 
1.11 
__ 1 _ 4 - 45 
0.15| 0.58 
