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  TABLE 3.-Comparison of Work Accomplished Per Man in Various
 ;·‘l· Sections of Kentucky
 g. ___, ..-;_.T_?——
 Q ,·‘— Productive Days \Vork Ac-
  complished Per Man in
  Twelve Months
  Locality T "" rr 7‘?'”"*‘”‘
 23; On l On Most
 2. Average ` Successful
  Farm ~ Farms .
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 ,- Mason and Fleming Counties, 241 l |
It  farms, 1922 203 l 253
 ,j Union and Henderson Counties, 270 |
  tarms, 1924 j zig { 264
  Larue County, S4   l 273
 ‘ The marked variation in the accomplishment of labor on
  different farms is further exemplified in Table 4 which presents
 r data obtained on farms in Christian County. Some farmers -
  were able to produce corn with an average expenditure in labor i
  of one-half hour per bushel, while others expended three times
 ,l as much per bushel. Some produced wheat with an average use
  of three-quarters of an hour of labor to the bushel while others
 ? required an hour and three-quarters per bushel. Some produced
 _ hay by the use of only eight hours to the ton while others re- f
 ¤ quired more than twice that length of time. Some were able to
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  produce 1,000 pounds of tobacco by using less than 300 hours ·
_ of labor while others used over 400 hours. Differences in yields
 — are the most important single cause of these marked differences `
 `._ in labor expended per unit of product. Other causes are noted
Y_  in the later pages of this circular.
 A- TABLE 4.—Comparison of Labor Accomplishment of Producers of
 V Farm Crops in Christian County, Kentucky, 1922-23.
 2 Time Required to Produce a Unit
  of Product
 ° Kind of Crop By By Most By Least
 2 Average Efficient Efficient
  Producer Producer Producer
   _L  Hours Hours Hours
,   COYH. Der bushel i .66 .5 i 1.47 i
'   Tobacco. per 1000 pounds \ 336 280 [ 422
 `° Whcab Dc? bushel 1,1 .74 \ 1.74
* H.aY» vcr wu i 11.2 7.9 { 17.7