in forkfuls to the center of the barn. 

 He spent 18 man minutes of strenuous 

 effort in getting the day's supply of 

 hay to the feed alley. The storage 

 location was convenient but the pas- 

 sageway was blocked. 



The average weight movement of 

 hay horizontally in the Fig. 23 type 

 in a 40-cow barn would be about 40 

 feet in the mow and a similar dis- 

 tance in the feed alley. Some of the 

 hay would move only a short distance, 

 but on the other hand hay in the last 

 bent at the far end of the barn is ap- 

 proximately 160 feet from the far 

 end of the stable. In the Fig. 22 

 barn, the average movement of hay 

 horizontally is about 25 feet and ap- 

 proximately the same in the stable 

 below. The hay in the farthest bent 

 is about 120 feet from the last cow. 

 Where the cow stable extends out 

 from the middle of the old barn, 

 these distances in the mow would be 

 less. 



The physical task in transferring 

 hay from storage to feed alley in 

 these four arrangements are not iden- 

 tical and each operator has to study 

 his situation and adopt a procedure 

 that will be efficient and practical. He 

 will need to reconsider his procedure 

 if he shifts from one form of hay to 

 another. 



Hay is usually moved out of the 



Fig. 2.3. A third 

 type of hay mow- 

 stable plan. The 

 stable usually is 

 one story high at 

 right angle to the 

 old barn which is 

 now used only for 

 storage. The hay 

 must be moved 

 some distance. 



^TrapDoor StOble 36' X lOO' 



8' BELOW HAY MOW LEVEL 



mow immediately before feeding, and 

 the amount handled is limited to the 

 one feeding. Thus about the same 

 amount of travel to and from the mow, 

 usually up and down stairs or lad- 

 ders, is required without regard to 

 the amount of hay needed for one 

 feeding. To get 800 pounds of hay 

 from storage to feed alley in one 

 barn, the operator traveled approxi- 

 mately 1000 feet per day. This in- 

 cluded average travel of 372 feet 

 horizontally and 35 feet vertically, 

 and in addition, moving the hay an 

 average of 40 feet in the mow. 



One operator had built several 

 over-sized hay chutes, which would 

 hold sufficient hay for two feedings. 

 Each hay chute had double doors 

 which could be opened and closed 

 from below. The operator would fill 

 these chutes at some convenient time 

 during the day and at the proper time 

 for feeding would draw down the hay 

 from the chute by merely pressing 

 on the door latch with his hay fork. 

 He did not have to leave the stable 

 floor at a time when other chores were 

 pressing. 



Records taken on in- 

 dividual farms in this 

 study represent the 

 activities on that par- 

 ticular day, and, in the 



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