Show WORK HORSES AND SAVE MEN Expert of Missouri College of Agriculture Agriculture Agriculture Agri Agri- culture Outlines Plan to Solve Labor Problem Labor Is the limiting factor In crop production this year ear Horses are relatively rela rela- plentiful in comparison O. O R. R Johnson of the department of farm management of cf the Missouri College of ofA A Agriculture suggests that farmers lay aside one-man one and two-horse two tools and use those that require more horses so that more work per man can be done One man with three horses to a 1 16 10 Inch breaking plow will turn over oyer three acres or less In hi a da day The same man with ith a gang plow consisting of two Inch 12 bottoms will average 4 acres a da day and will use one more horse This means that b by Increasing the horse hOlse stock third one-third one man can Increase his efficiency in breaking ground nearly 7 75 per cent Investigations have haye actually shown that a man wan on a riding Implement will do more work in a day than the same man and the rame came team with Implements Implements ments meats that require him to walk The use of bigger tools and thorough preparation preparation preparation prep prep- of seed beds will also cut down the time required for cultivation of or the corn crop Cultivation is the operation operation op op- which limits the amount amount- of ot corn one man can grow If a n good seedbed is prepared some time can be saved sayed in cultivating the crop and consequently consequently con con- more acres can am be grown rown |