Seedtime and harvest : a graphic summary of seasonal work on farm crops . ntral Kansas about June 25, in southern Nebraska al)out Julv 5in southwestern Illinois, southern Indiana, and eastern Maryland it is i^eneral u><uallvfrom June 21 to July 1. Along the northern margin of the winter-wheat region iiNew lork and Michigan, and also in eastern Washington and Oregon, harvest isgeneral about July 21. Two weeks after harvest is general it is over in all theseregions except m eastern Washington and Oregon, where the harvest mav not behnished before August 20 or 25. Records indicate that the
Seedtime and harvest : a graphic summary of seasonal work on farm crops . ntral Kansas about June 25, in southern Nebraska al)out Julv 5in southwestern Illinois, southern Indiana, and eastern Maryland it is i^eneral u><uallvfrom June 21 to July 1. Along the northern margin of the winter-wheat region iiNew lork and Michigan, and also in eastern Washington and Oregon, harvest isgeneral about July 21. Two weeks after harvest is general it is over in all theseregions except m eastern Washington and Oregon, where the harvest mav not behnished before August 20 or 25. Records indicate that the average amount of laborrequired to harvest an acre of wheat in southeastern Pennsvlvania. western Illinoisand Kansas is about 3 man and 4 horse hours, and in thrashing about the sjimeamount. In California, with a combine harvester, the figures are 2 man and 10 horsehours per acre; and in eastern Washington, with combine, 2 man and S horse hours,without a combine man and 3 horse hours to harvest and mau and horsehours to thrash an acre. Seedtime and CI Fig. 1 (.^Minnesota, the Dakotas, and eastern Washington oroduce over three-fourths01 the spring- wheat grown in the United States. Lines are drawn on the map only forthose areas east of the Rocky Mountains having in general over 100 acres per countv inthe census year 1909. The seeding of spring wheat begins in northeastern Nebraska andwestern Iowa usually about March 21. and during the following ten days it beginsthroughout most of South Dakota and in Minnesota south of the Minnesota River. ByApril 11 it IS beginning in northern North Dakota and north central Minnesota. Alongthe margin of the spring wheat belt in northern Minnesota and at higher altitudes inthe West seeding usually does not begin until April 21 or even later. Seasonal Work on Farm Crops. 19
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