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crew will put up six tons per day. The objection to this method 

 is that two men are idle while the wagon is being taken to and 

 from the field; and, if the haul is more than a quarter of mile, 

 considerable time will be lost. Labor cost for this method is $0.95 

 per ton. 



Crew No. 4 



Crew No. 4 consists of three men and one boy. The method 

 used is common for New York State. Two mowers run from 

 8 :30 until noon. In the afternoon one man rakes with a side- 

 delivery rake, two men build the load, using a loader, and a boy 

 drives the team. All three go to the barn to unload. This crew 

 puts up eight acres, or twelve tons per day. Total man-hours per 

 day are 27; horse-hours, 36; cost per ton, $0.57, from standing 

 grass to hay put away in the barn. 



The cost of putting hay into the stack with the sweep and 

 stacker, Fig. 634, is about the same as putting hay into the barn, 

 using the loader, when the crew works hard and loses no time. 

 The advantage of using the sweep and stacker is that nearly all 

 of the hard work is done by horses, the only hand labor being that 

 of building the stack. 



The systems used as illustrations are a little above the average. 

 On most farms but little thought is given to using the crew to 

 best advantage, and the above illustrations show that there is a 

 great variation in the cost of making hay", depending largely on 

 how the crew works. 



The United States Department of Agriculture has made an 

 extensive study of crew management in hay-making throughout 

 the eastern half of this country, and is prepared to furnish infor- 

 mation in regard to crew management for all kinds of hay, and the 

 advantage of using different kinds of hay machiner3\ 



It is impossible in this short article to do more than touch on 

 the importance of the proper organization of labor in haying; 

 the point I am trying to bring out is that each hay grower should 

 study the conditions on his own farm and try to use his labor to 

 best advantage. 



It will be found a very interesting study to draw diagrams of 

 labor arrangements and find out the man and horse-hours per ton, 



