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Table 30. — Clover hay: Labor and material requirements per acre (99 records). 



Region. 



Number 

 of rec- 

 ords. 



Yield 

 per 

 acre. 



Man 



labor: 



Mowing, 



raking, 



and 

 hauling. 



Horse 



labor: 



Mowing, 



raking, 



and 

 hauling. 



Seed. 



Per cent 

 of operat- 

 ing ex- 

 pense 

 covered 

 by fore- 

 going.o 





31 

 37 



7 



20 



4 



Tons. 

 1.5 

 2.2 

 2.0 

 1.6 

 1.3 



Hours. 



8.6 

 14.2 



8.9 

 11.6 



8.7 



Hours. 

 12.4 

 15.5 

 9.9 

 10.5 

 10.0 



Pounds. 

 10.7 

 7.2 

 1'0. 1 



79 





79 





80 



Ohio 



76 





7.2 









a Excluding interest on land. 

 Table 31. — Timothy hay: Labor and material requirements per acre (49 records). 



Region. 



Number 

 of rec- 

 ords. 



Yield 



per 



. acre. 



Man 



labor: 



Mowing, 



raking, 



and 

 hauling. 



Horse 



labor: 



Mowing, 



raking, 



and 

 hauling. 



Seed. 



Per cent 

 of operat- 

 ing ex- 

 pense 

 covered 

 by fore- 

 going.a 





13 



21 



8 



7 



Tons. 

 1.3 

 1.4 

 1.2 

 1.8 



Hours. 

 8.0 

 9.1 

 7.9 

 7.5 



Flours. 

 11.4 

 11.0 

 9.2 



8.8 



Pounds. 

 5.4 

 5.5 



80 





82 



Ohio 



75 





4.0 



70 







i Excluding interest on land. 



Alfalfa grows rapidly, and under favorable conditions, will pro- 

 duce several cuttings each season. To know the number of cuttings 

 is rather important when studying cost figures for this crop and, 

 therefore, figures on number of cuttings are given in the accompany- 

 ing table (Table 32) . Costs for alfalfa other than harvesting are about 

 the same as those given for mixed hay, but the equipment cost is 

 somewhat larger for alfalfa, which tends to reduce the proportion 

 represented by seed and labor. 



Table 32. — Alfalfa: Labor and material requirements per acre (105 records). 





Number 



of 

 records. 



Yield 

 per acre. 



Man 



labor: 

 Mowing, 

 raking, 



and 

 hauling. 



Horse 



labor: 



Mowing, 



raking, 



and 

 hauling. 



Seed. 



Per cent 

 of oper- 

 ating 

 expense a 

 covered 

 by fore- 

 going. 



Part of acreage cut 

 more than once. 



Region. 



Two 



times. 



Three 



times. 





37 



39 



7 



3 



7 



12 



Tons. 

 2.5 

 2.4 

 2.0 

 1.9 

 1.8 

 2.2 



Hrs. 

 20.2 

 21.8 

 14.0 

 19.2 

 17.4 

 14.4 



Hrs. 

 24.1 

 21.2 

 22.4 

 23.7 

 13.8 

 16.0 



Lbs. 

 11.7 

 18.0 

 15.0 

 13.7 



73 

 72 

 69 

 63 

 67 

 69 



Per cent. 

 80 

 93 

 100 



Per cent. 

 60 





59 





72 







Ohio 



86 

 91 



58 





15.3 



64 







a Excluding interest on land. 



