BULLETIX 641, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table VI. — Cost of mowing. 



Item. 



52 farms in 



Steuben 



County, 



N. Y. 



37 farms in 



Washington 



Countv, 



Pa.' 



Amount produced per year (tons) 



Yield per acre (tons) 



Width of mower (feet) 



Man labor: 



Hay mowed per day (tons) 



Hay mowed per hour (tons) 



Hours of labor — 



Per day 



Per acre 



Per ton = 



Cost of man labor, at 20 cents per hour — 



Per day 



Per acre 



Per ton 



Horse labor: 



Hours of labor — 



Per day 



Per acre 



Per ton 



Cost of horse labor, at 13 cents per hour — 



Per day 



Per acre 



Per ton 



Cost of man and horse labor: 



Per day 



Per acre 



Per t on 



a 4,047 

 1.50 

 5.14 



<-13. 410 

 e 1,604 



8.36 

 .935 

 .622 



SI. 67 



SO. 187 

 SO. 124 



16.72 

 1.870 

 1.246 



$2. 17 

 .243 

 .162 



S3. 84 

 .430 

 .286 



& 2.201 

 1.56 

 5.92 



d 16. 400 



/ 1. 6*5 



9.73 

 .925 

 .593 



SI. 94 

 SO. 185 



SO. 11» 



19.46 

 1.850 



1.186 



S2. 53 

 .240 

 .154 



S4.47 

 .425 



a 2,698 acres. b 1,411 acres. c 8.940 acres. d 10.510 acres. « 1.070 acres. / 1.080 acres. 



TEDDING. 



The tedder is used on over half of the farms in both States. The 

 acreage tedded per hour averages 1.62 acres for the Xew York group 

 and 1.28 for the Pennsylvania group. The average width of tedders 

 used on the New York farms is 1.9 feet more than the average for 

 those used by the Pennsylvania farms, which would account for the 

 fact that 0.3 acre more work is done per hour in Xew York than in 

 Pennsylvania. (See Table ATI.) 



The acreage of hay actually tedded per year is probably less than 

 the figures would indicate, for when weather conditions are favorable 

 it is not necessary to ted all of the hay unless the crop is heavy. On 

 the farms using tedders, however, it was assumed in this study that 

 all hay was tedded. The cost per ton for tedding is 19 cents for the 

 New York group and 23 cents for the Pennsylvania group. 



Table VII. — Cost of tedding . 





Item. 







■52 farms in 



Steuben 



County, 



X. Y. 



37 farms in 



AVashington 



County, 



Pa." 





29 

 a 2, 191 



21 



Amount tedded per year (total tonsj 









b 1, 444 









1.50 

 8.76 



e 18. 10 

 e 2. 43 



. 7. 45 

 .617 

 .441 



Tes. / 1. 



1.56 



Width of tedder (feet) 









6.85 



Man labor: 



Hay tedded per dav (tons) 









d 19. 75 

 / 1.99 



Hours of labor — 









9.90 











.782 











.501 



a 1,461 acres. 6 926 acres. 



■ 12.07 acres. 



d 12.66 acres. 



t 1.62 ac 



28 acres 



