. An economic study of farm layout ... Farm buildings; Agriculture. 412 W. I. Myers wei'c plowed with a 14-incli plow, 110 turns to the acre would 1)0 required in plowing fields of 1 acre, but only 29 turns to the acre would be required in the 27-acre fields. The necessary time required to turn a three-horse team and the plow, and get ready to start back, was found to average about a half minute. In addition to the time necessarily lost in turning, there is a tendency to rest oftener when turns are frequent. TABLE 4. Relation of Size of Fields to Labor Required to Roll an Acre Size of fields (
. An economic study of farm layout ... Farm buildings; Agriculture. 412 W. I. Myers wei'c plowed with a 14-incli plow, 110 turns to the acre would 1)0 required in plowing fields of 1 acre, but only 29 turns to the acre would be required in the 27-acre fields. The necessary time required to turn a three-horse team and the plow, and get ready to start back, was found to average about a half minute. In addition to the time necessarily lost in turning, there is a tendency to rest oftener when turns are frequent. TABLE 4. Relation of Size of Fields to Labor Required to Roll an Acre Size of fields (acres) Number of fields Average size of fiL'lds (acres) Average length of fields (rods) Time required to roll one acre Man hours Horse hours Less than 3 9 15 29 11 12 3-4 9 5-9 9 1 36 15 or more Total 7f. '"8'SI ' '56^4 "'o'72 . 1 44 The saving of time in rolling large fields (table 4) is proportionately as great as that in plowing large fields, but, since rolling is a rapid operation, the total hours saved per acre are less in rolling than in plowing. TABLE 5. Relation of Size of Fields to Labor Required to Drill an Acre. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Myers, William Irving, 1891-. [Ithaca
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