HOURS 



FARM NO. I FIRST CROP HAY 

 PRECURING OR FIELD CURING TIME 



BARN CURED FIELD CURED 



Figure 2. Type of storage made litttle difference in hours of field curing. 



drier. It is thought, however, that the drier enabled the operator 

 to complete the harvest at an earlier date. In the 1951 season all 

 rained-on hay went on the drier. Unless rained on, no hay was out 

 more than 54 hours. (See Figure 2.) 



Second Crop. No doubt the early harvest of the first crop in- 

 fluenced yields of the second crop. The 57 acres of second cutting 

 yielded 68 tons or 1.2 tons per acre. Forty-one tons were put on the 

 mow drier and 27 tons in the regular mow. At the end of the season, 

 there were 98 tons on the mow drier and 82 tons in the regular mow. 

 The operator had used the full capacity of the mow drier and had put 

 the remainder in good condition in mows not equipped with drier. 

 The over-all harvesting time for the second crop was 2.2 man hours 

 per ton. 



Summary. The operator harvested 225 tons of hay (dry hay 

 equivalent) with 477 man hours. The first cutting of hay put in the 

 mow required fewer man hours per ton than the second crop, prob- 

 ably due to greater yields per acre. The harvesting of grass as 

 silage took 80 percent more man hours per ton than first crop hay. 

 On this farm no special equipment for silage was available and the 

 operation required much hand work. 



Table 1. Summary of Harvest on Farm No. 1 



