FARM PEACTICE IX PRODUCTION OF HAY. 



Table I. — Per cent of farm land in hay and amount of hay produced. 

 (From 13th Census Report, 1910.) 



Item 



Land in farms (acres) 



Improved land in farms 



(acres) 



Per cent of farm land im- 

 proved 



Per cent of farm land in tame 



and cultivated hay 



Timothy alone . '. 



Timothy and "clover, 

 mixed 



Steuben 



County, 



N. Y. 



Wash- 

 ington 

 Countv, 

 Pa. 



818,373 



599,303 



73.2 



22.5 

 10.3 



503,923 

 432,001 



17.3 

 12.7 



Item. 



Steuben 



Countv, 



N. Y. 



Per cent of improved land in i 

 tame and cultivated hay . . . 30. S 



Timothy alone 14. 1 



Timothy and clover, j 



mixed 16.1 



Production (in tons): 



Tame and cultivated hay. 184, 767 



Timothy alone 84, 362 



Timothy and clover, 

 mixed 96, 405 



Wash- 

 ington 

 County, 

 Pa. 



20.2 

 14.8 



87, 292 

 64, 014 



21,404 



Table II. — Size of farm and per cent of land in hay. 



Item. 



Average size of farm (acres) . . . 

 Tillable area (acres) 



Per cent of farm land tillable . . 



Land in hay (acres): 



Per cent of total farm land 

 Per cent of tillable land. . . 



52 farms in 



Steuben 



County, • 



N. Y. 



202. 00 

 157.40 

 77.9 



27.2 

 35.2 



37 farms in 



Washington 



County, 



171.00 

 156. 00 

 90.8 



24.1 

 26.5 



AMOUNT OF HAY SOLD. 



Four-fifths of the farms studied in the New York area and two- 

 thirds of those studied in the Pennsylvania area sell more or less hay. 

 As shown in Table III, almost half of the hay grown on the New 

 York farms that sold hay is marketed, while only about one-third is 

 sold by the Pennsylvania farms that grew for the market. 



Table III. — Amount of hay grown for market. 



Item. 



Washington 



County, 



Pa. 



Number of farms studied 



Number of farms that sell hay 



Per cent of hay sold by farms selling hay 



LABOR RATE. 



On these farms labor is usually at a premium during harvest time. 

 In both regions the season in which first-class hay can be made is 

 limited to about 10 working days. On nearly all of the farms in 

 each section the farm owner works in the hay field, and in this study 

 the owners' labor has been given the same value as that of hired help. 

 The man-labor rate has been fixed at 20 cents an hour, which is what 

 the farmer has to pay during the hay-making season. By assuming 

 a single rate for all man labor and not allowing a higher rate for the 



