. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 16 BULLETIN 748, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. fairly uniform. On individual farms for one operation the lowest cost was 20 cents and the highest 68 cents per acre. (See Table VII.) Table VII.—Dragging. District. Per cent of all records. Acres in beets per farm. Times dragged. Hours of labor per acre. Total. Dragged. Man. Horse. 45 74 33 45 ' Labor cost per acre. Caro Alma Grand Rapids Northwestern Ohio .65
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 16 BULLETIN 748, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. fairly uniform. On individual farms for one operation the lowest cost was 20 cents and the highest 68 cents per acre. (See Table VII.) Table VII.—Dragging. District. Per cent of all records. Acres in beets per farm. Times dragged. Hours of labor per acre. Total. Dragged. Man. Horse. 45 74 33 45 ' Labor cost per acre. Caro Alma Grand Rapids Northwestern Ohio .65 .56 .46 HARROWING. Two types of harrow were used in each district, viz, the spike-tooth and the spring-tooth. The spike-tooth harrow stirs the soil to a mod- erate depth and is the implement commonly used to create a smooth, even surface. Seventy-nine per cent of the growers interviewed used this type of Fig. 8.—Harrowing with a spike tooth. This implement stirs the soil to a moderate depth and is commonly used to create a smooth, even surface. The width of the implement varied from 8 feet to 16 feet, with an average of about 9 feet. Fifty-nine per cent used a 1-man and 2-horse crew. This crew size predominated in all sections except northwest- ern Ohio. In this area the width of harrow averaged about 10 feet, and 40 per cent of the men used a crew of one man and three horses. (See Table VIII.). 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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