Colorado Agricultural College Farm Costs. 
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Table No. 28 gives the man and horse labor cost for leveling, 
for the sole year in which leveling was done for the silage crop. 
TABLE No. 28. 
MAN AND HORSE LABOR COST FOR LEVELING LAND FOR CORN. 
Year 
Acres 
MAN HOURS 
1 
HORSE 
HOURS 
Average 
Yield 
in Tons 
HOURS 1 
PER TON 
1 
Total |Per Acre 
Total 
Per Acre 
Man 
Horse 
11111 
1911 1 9 I 10 I 1.111 25 | 2.78 
1 1 I 1 1 
7.65 
0.15 
0.36 
Av. 1 yr. j 
0.15 
0.36 
Table No. 29 records the man and horse labor cost for the 
planting process. 
TABLE No. 29. 
MAN AND HORSE LABOR COST FOR PLANTING CORN. 
Year 
Acres 
■ 
MAN HOURS 
HORSE 
HOURS 
Average 
Yield 
in Tons 
HOURS 1 
PER TON 
Total 
Per Acre 
Total 
Per Acre 
Man 
Horse 
1911 
9.0 
13 
1.45 
26 
2.89 
7.65 
0.19 
0.38 
1912 
9.0 
10 
1.11 
20 
2.22 
7.48 
0.15 
0.30 
±yl3 
9.0 
13.5 
1.50 
7 
0.78 
7.61 
0.20 
0.10 
1914 
9.87 
28 
2.90 
29 
2.94 
* * 
Totals .. 
36.87 
64.5 
82 
Av. 4 yrs. 
1.75 
2.22 
0.179 
0.26 
**1914 data not completed when going to press. 
Table No. 30 gives the man and horse labor costs for plowing 
and preparation of the seed bed. These costs do not cover the til¬ 
lage operations required after the corn was planted. 
TABLE No. 30. 
MAN AND HORSE LABOR REQUIRED FOR PLOWING CORN. 
MAN 1 
IOURS 
HORSE 
HOURS 
Average 
Yield 
HOURS PER TON 
Year 
Acres 
Total 
Per Acre 
Total 
Per Acre 
Tons 
Man 
Horse 
1911 
9 
28 
3.11 
84 
9.33 
7.65 
0.41 
1.22 
1912 
9 
60 
6.67 
218 
24.22 
7.48 
0.89 
3.24 
1913 
9 
54 
6.00 
147 
16.33 
7.61 
0.79 
1.85 
1914 
9.87 
64 
6.48 
192 
19.45 
* * 
Totals .. 
36.87 
206 | 
641 | | 
Av. 4 yrs. 
J 
5.59 
17.39 
0.52 
1.66 
**1914 data not completed when going to press. 
