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BULLETIN 1000, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



sufficient importance to be considered. Some farmers reported 

 baling costs, but as baling was rather the exception than the rule, 

 no baling costs have been counted. 1 



Table 28. — Mixed tame hay: Labor and material requirements -per acre (197 records). 



Region. 



Number 

 of 



Yield per 



records. 



acre. 





Tons. 



11 



1.5 



65 



1.4 



23 



1.4 



37 



1.5 



52 



1.4 



9 



1.6 



Man 



labor: 



Mowing, 



raking, 



and 

 hauling. 



Horse 

 labor: 



Mowing, 



raking, 



and 



hauling. 



Seed. 



Timothy. 



Clover. 



Pounds. 

 4.6 

 4.6 

 9.2 

 9.1 



Pounds. 

 4.0 

 3.8 

 4.9 

 10.5 



10.0 



6 12.0 



Per cent 

 of operat- 

 ing ex- 

 pense 

 covered 

 by fore- 

 going, a 



Minnesota 



Wisconsin 



New York 



Pennsylvania. 



Ohio , 



New England . 



Hours. 

 7.8 

 9.1 

 7.9 

 7.5 

 7.9 

 10.7 



Hours. 

 10.1 

 10.2 



7.7 

 7.8 

 8.5 



a Excluding interest on land. b Timothy and red top. 



Table 29. — Mixed tame hay: Percentage distribution of costs per acre. 





New Y'ork. Ohio. 



Item. 



Distribu- 

 tion of 

 operating 

 expense. 



Distribu- 

 tion of 

 total 

 costs. 



Distribu- 

 tion of 

 operating 

 expense. 



Distribu- 

 tion of 

 total 

 costs. 





Per cent. 

 22.4 

 17.6 



Per cent. 

 15.9 

 12.5 



Per cent. 

 33.9 

 21.3 



Per cent. 

 17.7 





1L2 







Materials: 



Seed 



25.3 

 16.3 



17.9 

 11.5 



15.3 



8.0 















41.6 



29.4 



15.3 



8.0 







Other costs: 



1G.0 

 8.4 



7.0 

 6.0 



.6 

 28.9 



.3 





15.1 









18.4 



13.0 



29.5 



15.4 











29.2 





47.7 













$83 



$51 













Clover usually produces two crops, but very often the second 

 crop is either pastured, cut for seed, or plowed under as a green 

 manure crop. Table 30 shows that 50 per cent of the clover land was 

 cut for hay a second time in Minnesota, though only 33 per cent was 

 cut in Ohio and Wisconsin. On the New York and Illinois farms 

 covered by these records the second crop was in all instances used 

 either for seed or for pasture. 



1 References: 

 Dept. Bui. 578. A Study of Haymaking Crews and Labor Costs. 



Dept. Bui. 641. Farm Practice in the Production of Hay in Steuben County, N. Y.,and Washing- 

 ton County, Pa. 



