Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-10-23

prepared by the United states Depart
mont 81 AKrieulturcl
once a.year tho farmer has 20 MI
his allo. The operation IL outald" 81
tho regular routine OF farm lifu, and
unless considerable Thought Ia given
the matter beforehand. u Is likely 70 |
prove unnecessarily expensive lntor' I
nation collected By investigators In |
the United atatea department OF ag |
riculturc will. therefore. rrovn uaetni !
60 farmers who have not worked out
for themselves the most economical
system.
Because the allo has been In use for
some years IN these states. the inyeH'
tiEatorH selected Wisconsin and Mich
| lgan for their work Cost records ON
| n farms were carefully kept. reveal.
/ ms a wide divergence IN the cost of Ia
Dor per ton OF flliug thc aiio, II Nan
found. for example. that one farmer
did this for 40 centa. while another
had 10 spend 80 cents The average
cost was % cents
The cost Of labor VARIES oonnldeFR.
bly, and IN order to ascertain tho most
satisfactory method. the investigators
adopted for their comparisons unit
form rate ~ 10 cents nm hour for men
aud the same rate for n team OF two
horses Engine hire. including the
engineer. was placed NJ 1850 por day.
coal al SO per ton and gasoline NJ III
cents n gallon Ten hours we're con
aidernd a days work, While these
figures cannot OF course be- conaid'
cred as absolute. they nfiord conven.
lent basis for the Individual farmers
calculation OF tho expense of liiilnR
his niio. Tho various methods EN-.
ployed on the farms that Were In
yeatlgated ware classified IN thrss
groups.
ID The most common practice wa
TO have one man with three horses or
corn harvester cutting corn IN the
field. two men to load the wagons IL
the field. three OF four men with
teams. depending on the distance from
the field TO the niip. TO haul tho corr
to the cutter; one man TO run the On
CINE when steam WAB used for power
j and. occasionally. when gasoline en-
glnea wero used, one man to feed TIM
cutter ana one man In thu silo 4
spread and tramp the ailaRs. EarI
teamstor pitched on his own load
!, This makes creW Of eight or MIN
men, exclusive OF tins man who tend
the engine
90 Ia caaaH where there Is q ahori
age Of teams the following method /
generally practleed One man. Wit
three horses. cuts the corn. two me
load tho wagons In the field two met
or boys, with teams. haul the corn I
tho cutter. one man ualOnda N
wagons. one man feeds and one ma
works In tha sil0 AN soon aH a loa
arrives at the cutter the teamata
changes his team for an empty Wago
aud goes back % the iield after =noti
Or load When q wagon IL unl0ads
y II IL run out OF the way By hand WI
this method. boys who are not atfor
enough 70 handle ths green corn. CA
be- utilized 10 drive the teams Tn
:, method requires 3 crew OF niz ms
=, and two boys. exclusive Of the engii
a9 tender.
OF 81 When enough horses are ava
BY able and help In scarce. the foia5RiI
arrangement OF men and teams IL
good ona. One man. With lhr
III horses, runs the harvester In this fiai
four men with teams haul tho corn
The uilo. one man feeds and Of
- spreads the corn In the Rilo Ia
trucks or wagons wlih racks numpaF
ID below the axles should be used.
that the teamsters can put on the
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