REQUIREMENTS OF FIELD CROPS. 



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Besides clover, timothy, and alfalfa, several other crops may be 

 used for hay. Many farmers depend largely upon peas and oats and 

 other grains for their hay, but on most farms these crops are har- 

 vested for hay only in case of emergency. The seed used for the 

 grain hay is very often a mixture of peas and oats, although the 

 records indicate that the other grains are also used. The amounts of 

 seed given per acre in the following table consist of about two-thirds 

 oats and the remainder peas, rye, wheat, etc. : 



Table 33.' — Wild and grain hays: Labor and material requirements per acre (83 records). 





Kind of 



hay. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 rec- 

 ords. 



Yield 

 per 

 acre. 



Man labor. 



Horse labor. 



Seed. 



Per 



cent of 



Region. 



Prior 

 to har- 

 vest. 



Har- 

 vest. 



Total. 



Prior 

 to har- 

 vest. 



Har- 

 vest. 



Total. 



operat- 

 ing ex- 

 pense a 

 cov- 

 ered 

 by 

 fore- 

 going. 





Wild.... 

 Millet... 

 ...do... 



52 

 8 

 5 

 8 

 2 

 8 



Tons. 

 1.3 

 1.7 

 1.9 

 1.2 

 .5 

 1.3 



Hrs. 



6.9 

 3.2 

 8.1 

 3.1 

 2.9 



Hrs. 



7.6 

 11.3 

 5.1 

 8.5 

 3.4 

 8.3 



Hrs. 



7.6 

 18.2 



8.3 

 16.6 



6.5 

 11.2 



Hrs. 



23.2 

 14.3 

 16.4 



8.1 

 8.9 



Hrs. 

 10.9 



12.7 

 8.1 

 8.1 

 5.5 

 9.8 



Hrs. 

 10.9 

 35.9 

 22.4 

 24.5 

 13.6 

 18.7 



Lbs. 



35.9 

 21.0 

 75.0 

 42.0 

 70.4 



46 



Do 



69 





83 





Grain . . . 

 ...do 



80 









...do 











a Excludinginterest on land. 



GRASS-SEED CROPS. 



On many farms it is customary to use the second cutting of clover 

 for the production of seed. When so used it has been the practice to 

 divide the annual charges against the field between the two cuttings. 

 When only two cuttings are made the hay and clover seed crops are 

 made to carry equal proportions of such items as the seeding cost, 

 land rent, taxes, etc., or two-thirds of the expense may be charged to 

 the hay, if two crops of hay and one crop of seed are obtained during 

 the same season. 



With timothy, which usually produces only one crop a year, this 

 question does not arise. (See Tables 34, 35, and 36.) 



Table 34 



. — Timothy seed: Labor and material 



requirements pei 



' acre. 







Num- 

 ber 

 of 



rec- 

 ords. 



Yield 

 per 

 acre. 



Man labor. 



Horse labor. 



Seed. 



Twine. 



Per cent 

 of oper- 



Region. 



Harvest. 



Total. 



Harvest. 



Total. 



ating ex- 

 pense 

 covered 

 by fore- 

 gbing.o 





12 

 4 



10 

 3 



Bush. 

 4.0 

 1.7 

 5.S 

 1.7 

 6.3 



Hours. 

 6.3 

 3.9 

 6.9 

 6.0 

 10.0 



Hours. 

 6.3 

 3.9 

 6.9 

 6.0 

 10.0 



Hours. 

 7.6 

 4.4 

 7.6 

 5.0 

 8.9 



Hours. 

 7.6 

 4.4 

 7.6 

 5.0 

 8.9 



Lbs. 

 5.6 

 4.6 

 4.0 



Lbs. 

 1.9 

 .8 

 3.1 



45 





62 





49 



Ohio . . . 



64 





















a Excluding interest on land. 



