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Show Quick Hitchup of Big-Team Outfits Average ToTe Minute Total Time Required in Plowing Contests. By . r0' peC'alveS'y of imn" WNU Service. fits will be used more than "ettinK cheap and economical pow up and unhitch the teams. UPAn average of a minute was an the total time it took to hitch up and unhitch a horse in big-team out-fits out-fits entered In two plowing contests There were 17 teams ranging In size from five to eight horses and Including In-cluding a total of U0 horses. The average time of .hitching to the Jews was 33 seconds a horse and the average time of unhitching was 22 seconds a horse. Time was counted from the time the driver started to drive his team into position at the plow until he started plowing. At the close of the contest, time was counted from the time the driver stopped the plow until he started away from the plow with his team ready to go to the barn. Five-horse teams were hitched up in two to three minutes, six-horse teams In from three to five minutes, and eight-horse teams In from four to seven minutes for the team. The teams were unhitched at the rate of one to three minutes for six-horse teams, and two minutes, 20 seconds to four minutes for eight-horse teams. The remarkable uniformity of speed attained by the 17 men Indicates In-dicates that most drivers could do as well. Big-team users have repeatedly said that the time of hitching and unhitching does not worry them at all. The larger the number of horses in their teams, the more work they can get done a day. |