. Bulletin - Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Agriculture -- Massachusetts. 76 MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 240 In all studies of this kind a wide range in the amounts of labor and ma- terials used has always been discovered. The tables and charts set forth these differences as found in the four areas in Massachusetts, and the text points out their causes and indicates ways in which labor and materials may be con- served in growing potatoes. Labor and Materials Used in the Chesterfield Area.* The total hours of man labor per acre used in potato production in 1926 on the Ches
. Bulletin - Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Agriculture -- Massachusetts. 76 MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 240 In all studies of this kind a wide range in the amounts of labor and ma- terials used has always been discovered. The tables and charts set forth these differences as found in the four areas in Massachusetts, and the text points out their causes and indicates ways in which labor and materials may be con- served in growing potatoes. Labor and Materials Used in the Chesterfield Area.* The total hours of man labor per acre used in potato production in 1926 on the Chesterfield farms are shown in Table 2 and Figure 3. The man labor varied from 87 to 216 hours per acre. Some of the causes of these variation^ are suggested in Table 3, which shows the labor by operations. There are many factors affecting the amounts of man labor used in growing potatoes in Cliesterfield. Part of these are pointed out in the discussion of the operations which follows. Some farmers are able to perform the operations more quick- ly than others, due to the kind of implement used, the number of times an operation is repeated, the size and slope of fields, and the stoniness of the soil. Figure 4. Hours of Man Labor per Acre in The smaller, stonier fields of Chesterfield take longer to prepare. More tractors are used in the other areas. Preparation and Planting. The farmers of Chesterfield spend more time plowing than other Massa- chusetts farmers, because their fields are small, hilly, stony, and irregular in shape. Figure 4 shows the hours per acre used in plowing. A man with two horses and a 12-inch walking plow took from hours to hours to plow an acre. On one farm a man with a Fordson and a 16-inch plow used 3 hours to plow an acre; and on another with the same kind of equipment it took 4 hours. 0 Hours of horse and tractor work are not eiven. For the most part, they closely Tallel the hours ol man labor. parallel. Please note that these images a
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