Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1920-06-17

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture
The relative efficiency Of plows of
different sizes, the value of the tractor
compared with horses, the saving eff
fected by corn binders, hay leaders,
and numerous other implements, and
other facts bearing on farm manage
ment are discussed by specialists of
the Office of farm management, in
bulletin recently issued. The publica-
ton discusses in detail the standard
days work in central Illinois, that is,
the amount of work that the 600 farm
ers included in the investigation ordi-
narily do in that part of the work day
devoted to given farm operation,
such as the number of acres plOwed
with a given equipment. In some in
stances the rate of work is given in
the bulletin in number Of minutes per
load, as in loading and unloading hay,
or hauling and spreading manure.
From the figures published one may
get a good idea of the rate at which
different farm operations are done in
the parts of the corn belt in question.
For example, it is shown that one man
does from 70 to so per cent more with
the 2S-fnch hOrsp-drawn gang nIow
than with the one-hOttom 1G-inch nlow.
Figures are given for spring and fall
blowing, narrowing, planting, cultivat-
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The farms renresonted nv this in
ouirv are fairly typical of those
throughout the middle western states
since the average crop area is 1914
acres and an average of 32.1 acres is
never planted to crops. Corn is the
nrincipal product. at least one-half Of
the crop area being devoted to it, and
the oat crop is second in importance
The ground cultivated in most in.
stances is level. and so represents cas-
Ter working conditions than rolling off
rugged country.
The average time spent in the field
exclusive of the time used in goina
to and returning from the field al
morning. noon, and night, is reported
bv these men as ten hours and ter
minutes per dav devoted to sprinl
field work and corn cultivation; nine
grain harvesting: nine hours and sc
minutes for fall blowing and preparing
ground; and nine hours and 20 min.
utes for corn harvest.
important Facts Emphasized.
Among the significant facts brough
out by this inquiry may be mentioned
the following:
Under conditions where the use of {
two-row corn cultivator is practicable
this machine enables one man on these
farms TO cover nearly twice as mucl
ground per day as with a one-row cult
vator. Three horses are most com
monty used on the two-row cultivato
and the addition of fourth horse ap
parently increases but little the amour
of ground covered per day.
These farmers find that the use o
q corn binder increases the efficienc,
of man labor 80 per cent over tina
achieved when cutting and shocking b,
hand.
Eighty bushels was an average day
work on these farms for one man whel
husking corn from the standing stall
by hand.
The use of a portable elevator re
duces the time required to unload grail
into the bin by about rs per cent.
The use of a hay loader reduces b,
about % per cent the time required f