Alfalfa in Kansas. 



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HAULING HAY FROM WINDROWS TO BARN WITH A HAY LOADER. 



TABLE No. 28. A normal day's work in hauling hay from windrows to barn with a hay loader, 

 giving average acreages reported for crews most frequently used. 

 [Net hours in the field, 9.53.] 



HAULING HAY FROM COCKS TO BARN. 



TABLE No. 29. A normal day's work in hauling hay from cocks to barn, giving the daily average 



quoted for the crews most frequently used. 



[Net hours in the field 9.38.] 



The hay fork and sling add from 30 per cent to 50 per cent to the 

 efficiency of the crews in this work. It was also found that those who 

 used hay loaders and hauled hay direct from the field can put away 

 about one-third of an acre more daily per man than those who haul it 

 from cocks, other conditions being equal. With hay loaders the opera- 

 tion of bunching and cocking is also eliminated. In hauling hay from 

 cocks to barn 41 per cent of the farmers reporting used two men, 40 per 

 cent used three men, and 19 per cent used larger crews. Seventy-three 

 per cent used only two horses and 19 per cent used four. Although 

 three-men crews seemed to be much less efficient from the standpoint of 

 acres cleared in a day than two- and four-men crews, nearly as many 

 farmers report three-men crews as two-men crews. 



