1959 年 25 巻 4 号 p. 447-456,A28
The author has investigated the annual quantity of works in the 32 nd year, of Showa 1957) of a farm houshold in Munakata village, Imba-gun, Chiba Prefecture (ar (ea of the rice-field; 18.4 tan, field; 9.5 tan, workers; 4).
The results were as follows:
1) The total number of days of the annual works was 8810 among which 446.0 were needed for main crops and 439.4 for other crops. Both were almost equal.
2) The top of the quantity of works was 265.6 man days of rice-crop (including 162.0 supplied by the employees), which was 59.6% of the whole work of main crops. So 23.3 days per tan were necessary.
3) Surveying monthly the quantity of works, May and June are the busiest months, and September is busier than other months. These phenomena are connected with their main crops. And the 3 months above-mentioned could be called “the busiest season ” of this village. Their most leisure season was December, January, and February; and March, Nouember were rather leisure.
4) As to the workers, 2 men (husband, the eldest son) were engaged in almost the same work. As the eldest daughter would go to school in the leisure seasons, the quantity of her work was small. The rate of their annual works was as follows: