Cost of Pkoduction of Timothy and Clover Hay 603 



the farmer furnished the men to pitch -the hay to the press. The 

 cost of marketing this hay is shown in the following table: 



Cost of Marketing 78.74 Tons of Hay, 1913 



Man hours per ton 



Horse hours per ton . . . . 

 Average haul in miles . . . 



Man labor cost per ton . 

 Horse labor cost per ton 

 Equipment cost per ton . 



Total cost per ton . . 



6.54 

 5.21 

 3.00 



11.14 

 0.72 

 0.23 



$2.09 



The average distribution of the cost of producing hay in 1912 

 and in 1913 is shown in the table l)elow. 



The hay crop has a smaller proportion of its total cost in labor 

 than has any other crop grown on these farms. Labor (man, 

 horse, and equipment) amounted to over 30 per cent of the total 

 cost. Use of land, and manure and fertilizer, were the next most 

 important costs. 



Averages for Hay 



Seed 



Fertilizer and manure 



Man labor 



Horse labor 



Equipment labor . . . . 



Use of land 



Use of buildings 



Miscellaneous 



Total cost 



1912 



Average 



cost per 



acre 



50.98 

 3.03 

 1.67 

 1.70 

 0.58 

 3.61 

 1.00 

 0.01 



$12.58 



Per cent 



of total 



cost 



24 

 13 

 13 



5 

 29 



8 



1913 



Average 



cost per 



acre 



SI. 07 

 2.78 

 1.80 

 1.47 

 0.51 

 3.67 

 1.00 

 0.01 



$12.31 



Per cent 



of total 



cost 



9 

 22 

 15 

 12 



4 

 30 



8 



