Hakvesting the Hay Crop 



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day. The first arrang;ement of the crew, consisting of five men 

 and six horses, is as follows: 



Mower operated from 1 :00 to 5 :00 p." m. 



Rake operated from 1 :00 to 3 :30 p. m. 



Two men pitch and one man and team hauls in afternoon fix>m 

 1 :00 to 6 :00. 



Hay harvested, six tons, or four acres, per day. 



By rearranging the work, only three men and four horses are used : 

 Mower operated from 8 :30 a. m. until noon. 

 Rake operated from 9 :30 a. m. until noon. 



Flu. 636. UxLOADixG Hay by Haxd onto the Stack. A Slow and Ex- 

 pensive Method Suited Only to a Very Small Acreage. 



In the afternoon three men haul in the hay, putting in six tons, 

 or four acres per day. Man-hours, 3.5, and team-hours, 2.66 per 

 ton. Labor cost j^er ton, .$0.95. 



The objection to the first arrangement is that it requires a 

 larger crew than the second arrangement ; the mower stops at 

 5:00 o'clock, the rake at 3:30 p, m,, and as these two men are/ 



