Seedtime and harvest : a graphic summary of seasonal work on farm crops . Figs 31 and 32.—The harvesi- of spring oats is eenerrJ along the Gulf Coast usuallyabout June 11. but it is July 1-11 bf^forn the harvest is general in eastern Kansas, thi>lower Ohio and the Potomac valleys. This is about the time wheat harvest ends. Bvmid-July oat harvest is general in central Iowa, central Illinois, and southern Ohio, andby mid-August in western Washington, North Dakota, and New York. Oat harvest lat^r in the eastern States than at the same latitude and altitude in thecentral and far
Seedtime and harvest : a graphic summary of seasonal work on farm crops . Figs 31 and 32.—The harvesi- of spring oats is eenerrJ along the Gulf Coast usuallyabout June 11. but it is July 1-11 bf^forn the harvest is general in eastern Kansas, thi>lower Ohio and the Potomac valleys. This is about the time wheat harvest ends. Bvmid-July oat harvest is general in central Iowa, central Illinois, and southern Ohio, andby mid-August in western Washington, North Dakota, and New York. Oat harvest lat^r in the eastern States than at the same latitude and altitude in thecentral and far West. In Minnesota, the Dakotas. and eastern Washington oat harvestseriously overlaps upon that of !<pring wheat. The total amount of labor required toproduce an acre of .spring oats, including thrashing, averages about 10 hours of manlabor and LO hours of labor in east central Illinois. 8 hours of man labor and 20hours of horse labor in North Dakota, 20 hours of man labor and 25 hours of horselabor in western New York. 28 Seedtime and 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
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