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doing this tiiey suffer considerable linaneial loss on the apples from having 

 a smaller percentage of A grade fruit. 



On this farm the practice has been changed to permit earlier ha\'making. 

 Some alfalfa is grown and the other mixed hay is simply cut at an earlier 

 stage of maturity. In late seasons this means a small sacrifice in the yield of 

 hay but the extra ijuality proiiably more than compensates for this difference. 

 Figure -i shows the labor distril)ution on tiie two jobs of haying and thinning 

 before and after the change of practice. Notice how easily the available labor 

 now handles both oj)erations. 



It has also been found jxissiblc to shift tlie date of silo filling to an earlier 

 time than is customary in the locality. Some apple growers have found it 

 necessary to greatly reduce or even drop their silage acreage entirely because 



Figure 4. — Distribution of Man Labor ou Farm C for Haymaking and Thinning Apples 

 Before and Alter Shifting the Time of Haymaking. 



Hours 



Man 



Labor 



160 - 



120 . 



80 . 



IK) 



120 . 



SO . 



ko 



Before 



1 I I I 



Hay 



After 



June July Aug. Sept. 



