Show I m I i I Cost of f Plo wing Vi With Two O Horses I Size of Field and Nature of I Soil Determine Time Re Re- Required for Acre Although n a three horse tears team can lIn plow more more-in more n n a da daY J tWI hor horse e corn the cost of plowing each euch acre I is s with fth three horses according to n figures tin time the cost ot plowIng find and time tile amount of labor used under f 1 ferEnt In New ew fork gath Bred by the state college of lure Lire lit ut Ithaca N N. Y The cost of the axe u le of the third horse Is more than tile the saving s1 In cost of man labor low Ilaw ever If the thIrd horse hOlse would be Idle I II It Is good practice t to use It nn air roo oo hv by using three horses enough time lime limel l hY be saved tC le plant a crop earlier or to plant more I cres and thus Increase IIi In crease e tile the possibilities ps of greater In come ome r Time to Plow The size ot of time the field the number of If horses or tile the kind and line size of tractor trac tor used and whether tile the land Is sod od odor or stubble determine th the time fore required to plow nn an acre of land In plowing small fields consider considerable Jer able time rime Is lost In making the turns If fields are both small und and gular more time Is lost large Inre rectangular fi fields take least time for Each acre for less time lm Is lost In turnIng and ami In plowing time the headlands Two or Three Two horse tea tennis illS wn walk II more slowly and stop oftener than three horse teams Most tractors pulling two plows travel tra faster than thun horses Further no time Is required for rest rest- resting In ing when u a tractor Is used To plow one acre of sod within a two horse team tn takes es front from 5 to 7 iS hours With n three horse team drawing D a single plow It takes from flom 5 to G 0 hours homs with fUh witha a tractor und and n a two two plow It takes from 2 to 3 hours Stubble Is easier to plow than sod and It Is not necessary nry to plow so carefully on ns as on sod An acre of If stubble can be plowed In one halt half to one hour less than can nn an acre of sod on the a average On th the basis of cost custom rues rates for plow In ing sod should he be higher line for plowIng stubble land |