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The detailed distribution of these labor costs are supplied in 
succeeding tables. Table No. 35 records the man and horse labor 
costs for drilling oats. 
TABLE No. 35. 
MAN AND HORSE LABOR COST FOR DRILLING OATS. 
Year 
Acres 
MAN r 
IOURS 
HORSE 
HOURS 
Average 
Yield 
in Bu. 
HOURS PER BU. 
Total 
Per Acre 
Total 
Per Acre 
■ 
Man 
Horse 
1910 
94.75 
101 
1.07 
330.5 
3.49 
32% 
0.03 
0.11 
1911 
93.85 
50.5 
0.50 
189 
2.04 
64 5-6 
0.01 
0.03 
1912 
48.00 
52 
1.08 
152 
3.17 
75 y 8 
0.01 
0.04 
1913 
[ 41.69 
44 
1.06 
143 
3.43 
63 1-6 
0.02 
0.05 
1914 
70.19 
68 
0.97 
241 
3.43 
* * 
Totals .. 
348.48 
315.5 
1,055.5 
-1 
Av. 5 yrs. 
0.90 
3.02 
0.02 
0.05 
** 1914 data not complete when going to press. 
Table No. 36 records the man and horse labor costs applied 
to the land when the plowing was done with a tractor. This table 
is put in at this point to indicate something of the horse require¬ 
ments even where tractors are used in preparation of the seedbed. 
TABLE No. 36. 
MAN AND HORSE LABOR COST FOR PLOWING WITH TRACTOR—OATS. 
Year 
Acres 
MAN I 
IOURS 
HORSE 
HOURS 
Average 
Yield 
in Bu. 
| HOURS 
PER BU. 
Total 
Per Acre 
Total 
Per Acre 
Man 
Horse 
1 , 
1913 12 
1 
79 
6.58 
42 
3.50 
63 1-6 
0.10 
0.06 
The disking and cost for man and horse labor is recorded in 
Table No. 37. 
TABLE No. 37. 
MAN AND HORSE LABOR COST FOR DISKING—OATS. 
MAN HOURS 
HORSE 
HOURS 
Average 
HOURS PER BU. 
Year 
Acres 
Yield 
in Bu. 
Total 
Per Acre 
Total 
Per Acre 
Man 
Horse 
1910 
49.33 
1 30 
0.61 
120 
2.43 
32% 
0.02 
0.07 
1913 
| 7.50 
| 26 
3.46 
98 
13.07 
64 5-6 
0.05 
0.20 
1914 
j 18.67 
26 
1.39 
95 
5.09 
* * 
Totals . . 
75.50 
82 
1. 
313 
Av. 3 yrs. 
1.09 
4.14 
0.03 
0.11 
** 1914 data not complete at time of going to press. 
Table No. 38 gives these costs for rolling. Rolling is a cost 
