The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-07-15

rrspar,d by the United state. Depart.
rlent q Agriculture
The relative efficiency % plows Of
different sizes the value II the tractor
compared with horses. the saving ~.
fected hy coru binders. hay Leaders
and numerous other implements. and
other facts bearing on farm manage
meut sc Discussed by specialists 81
the Office a farm management. IN a
bulletin recently issued. The puhlicu-
ton discusses In detail the standard
days work In central Illinois that il
the amount Of work that the Glu farm
ers Included In the Investigation ordi-
narily do In that part 81 the work day
devoted Ia given farm operation.
such as the number u acres plowed
with given equipment. Ia some In
stances the rate 81 work II given In
the bulletin in number Of minutes per
load. a. In loading and unloading hay L.
or hauling and spreading manure.
From the figures published one may
ct a good idea Of the rate at which
different farm operations are done Ia
the parts 81 the corn belt In question
For example. IL j. shown that one man
does from 20 10 ~ per cent more with
the 2S-inch horse-drawn gang pillow
than with the one-bottom l6.inCh pillow
Figures are given for spring and fall
blowing. narrowing. planting. cultivat-
ing. harvesting. husking. seeding. I'M
loading ear corn. unloading oats. load
Ing and unloading hay. and hauling
and spreading manure The bulletin
is entitled The Standard Days Work
In Central Illinois,. Copies may be
had by addressing the United States
department Of agriculture. Washing
ton. u. &.
The farms represented by this in
quiry are fairly typical OF those
throughout the middle western states,
since the average crop area Is 1914
acres and an average Of 32.i acres Is
never planted 20 crops. Corn Is the
principal product, at least one-half Of
the crop area being devoted 10 u. and
the cat crop II second In importance.
The ground cultivated in most in
stances Is level. and 81 represents cas-
Ter working conditions than rolling OF
rugged country.
The average time spent In the field.
exclusive 81 the time used In going
60 and returning from the held. at
morning. noon. and night. Is reported
by these men as ten hours and ten
40 20
field work and corn cultivation; nine
hours and - minutes for haying and
grain harvesting; nine hours and 20
minutes for fan blowing and preparing
ground; and nine hours and 20 min
utes for corn harvest.
Important Facts Emphasized.
Among the significant facts brought
out by this inquiry may be mentioned
the following:
Under conditions where the use OF n
,wo-row corn cultivator Is practicable.
this machine enables one man on these
farms 10 cover nearly twice as much
aground per day as with one-row cult
Vator. Three horses are most com
monty used on the two-row cultiyatOr
and the addition Of fourth horse APP
parently increases but little the amount
81 ground covered per day.
These farmers ind that the use OF
corn binder increases the efficiency
81 man labor 80 per cent over that
achieved when cutting and shocking by
hand.
Eighty bushels was an average days
work on these farms for one man when
husking corn from the standing stalk
ty hand.
The use OF a portable elevator re-
duces the time required To unload grain
into the bin by about - per cent
The use OF hay loader reduces by
about 20 per cent the time required To
put on load Of hay. The amount Of
labor required for unloading into the
nov II only little more than half
as great when hayfork Is used as
when the work il done by hand.
The men In this territory who use
manure spreaders haul and spread n
given amount Of manure In less than
half the time required by men who
haul In wagons and spread by hand
A large majority Of the men report
ing broadcast their small grain. using
'ndgate seeders attached 20 the
hoH Of an ordinary wagon. Only about
- per cent Of the farmers reporting
own grain drills.
The bulletin analyses each field op-
GRAFTON from the standpoint Of man
labor requirements. horselaLor re-
quirements. sine Of machine. etc. The
manner IN which the data ON blowing
have been summarized Is typical Of the
way In which several subjects are
treated. About NJ PER cent Of the