. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. Fig. 10.—Seasonal distribution of labor required to produce acres of alfalfa, acres of oats, acres of beans, acres of potatoes, acres of beets, acres of barley, and acres of wheat in the Greeley district of Colorado. wheat crop, and the alfalfa crop requires very little labor dur- ing March, April, or May. Other diagrams show the average saasonal distribution of crop labor for farms having speci- fied acreages of dif- ferent crops. These show the season when the farmer must work t
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. Fig. 10.—Seasonal distribution of labor required to produce acres of alfalfa, acres of oats, acres of beans, acres of potatoes, acres of beets, acres of barley, and acres of wheat in the Greeley district of Colorado. wheat crop, and the alfalfa crop requires very little labor dur- ing March, April, or May. Other diagrams show the average saasonal distribution of crop labor for farms having speci- fied acreages of dif- ferent crops. These show the season when the farmer must work the most hours each day and hire the most labor. By intelligent use of these diagrams the amount of labor required by a crop and the months when the labor is expended may be approxi- mated closely, and many items of economic and agronomic impor- tance to the region may be studied. Figures 3 to 8 show the labor distribu- tion by months on the farm crops pro- duced in three sugar- beet districts of Colorado. The application of the data on the dis- tribution of labor for each crop is made in planning the crop- ping system. The average acreage per farm devoted to the principal crops in the Greeley district was worked out. Using these acreages and the distribution of labor presented in figures 3 to 8, a diagram was constructed showing the monthly distribution of all the labor used in growing crops on the farm. (Fig. 9.). Fig. 11.—Seasonal distribution of labor required to produce acres of alfalfa, acres of barley, o f beets, acres of oats, and acres of wheat in the Fort Morgan district of 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 United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
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