Seedtime and harvest : a graphic summary of seasonal work on farm crops . Fig. 33.—Planting corn begins uf?ually before February 1 in extreme southern Texasand progresses northward at an average rate of 13 miles a day until by May 1 it hasbegun generally in central Nebraska, north central Illinois, and central Ohio. Duringthe next 10 days com planting begins in practically all regions where it is grownnorthward to the Canadian line. Throughout the great corn States of Ohio, Indiana,Illinois, and Iowa, and in southern Wisconsin, Minnesota, and South Dakota cornplanting is general about May 15.
Seedtime and harvest : a graphic summary of seasonal work on farm crops . Fig. 33.—Planting corn begins uf?ually before February 1 in extreme southern Texasand progresses northward at an average rate of 13 miles a day until by May 1 it hasbegun generally in central Nebraska, north central Illinois, and central Ohio. Duringthe next 10 days com planting begins in practically all regions where it is grownnorthward to the Canadian line. Throughout the great corn States of Ohio, Indiana,Illinois, and Iowa, and in southern Wisconsin, Minnesota, and South Dakota cornplanting is general about May 15. In New York and northern and eastern Wisconsinit is general the last week in May. Planting is completed throughout the corn beltusually by June 1. In the South there are often two important planting periods dur-ing the season, an early planting before cotton planting and a late planting usually inJune, after the planting and chopping out of cotton is completed. Seasonal Work on Farm Crops. 29. Fig. 34.—The construction of silos has progrpssed most rapidly in the NorthernStates,, where dairying ia more widely developed than in the corn belt and corn doesnot have as long a season in which to mature. It is estimated that 50 per cent ofthe corn acreage in New York is now cut for silage, 36 per cent in Wisconsin. 11 percent in Minnesota, 14 per cent in Kansas, and 9 per cent in Illinois. In , and Virginia cutting for silage usually takes place during August. Through-out the dairy and northern corn belt States cutting and putting up silage occurs duringSeptember. This operation re^iuires the labor of f^everal men and in dairy districtsespecially it is often difficult to secure sufficient help. Records from Wisconsin indi-cate that cutting corn for the silo requires on the average about 3 hours of man laborand 6 hours of horse labor per acre, while filling the silo (including cutting corn lathe field) requires about 16 hours of man labor and 17 hours of horse labo
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