FARM PEACTICE IN PRODUCTION OF HAY. 



Table VII. — Cost of tedding — Continued. 



Item. 



52 farms in 



Steuben 



County, 



N. Y. 



37 farms in 



Washington 



County, 



Pa. 



Man labor — Continued. 



Cost of man labor, at 20 cents per hour — 



$1.49 

 .123 

 .082 



14.90 

 1.234 

 .822 



$1.93 

 .160 

 .107 



$3. 42 

 .283 

 .189 



$1. 98 





.156 





.100 



Horse labor: 



Hours of labor — 



19.80 





1.560 





1.001 



Cost of horse labor, at 13 cents per hour — 



$2.57 





.202 





.130 



Cost of man and horse labor: 



$4.55 





.358 





.230 







RAKING. 



The common two-horse dump rake is generally used by the farmers 

 of both groups. Both the side-delivery rake and side-delivery tedder 

 are used to a certain extent. Neither bunching nor gleaning is prac- 

 ticed, except by a few farmers. (See Table VIII.) 



Wider rakes, by 0.18 foot, are used in the New York farms than 

 on the Pennsylvania farms. The amount of hay raked per hour is 

 about 2.3 acres for New York and 2.0 acres for Pennsylvania. The 

 cost of labor per ton for raking is 13 cents for New York and 15 cents 

 for Pennsylvania. 



The cost of raking is one factor in haymaking costs that can some- 

 times be reduced materially by using a boy to. operate the rake. 



Table VIII. — Cost of raking. 



Item. 



Number of farms using rake 



Yield per acre (tons) 



Width of rake (feet) 



Man labor: 



Hay raked per day (tons) 



Hay raked 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 ton 



52 farms in 

 Steuben 

 County, 



N.Y. 



37 farms in 

 Washing- 

 ton County, 

 Pa. 



52 



1.50 

 10.83 



: 25. 95 

 <■ 3. 442 



7.54 

 .436 

 .290 



$1.51 

 .087 

 .058 



.872 

 .580 



.113 



.075 



$3. 47 

 .200 

 .133 



37 

 1.56 

 10.65 



6 24. 42 

 <*3.010 



8.11 

 .518 

 .332 



$1.62 

 .103 

 .066 



16.22 

 1.036 

 .664 



$2.10 

 .134 

 .085 



$3. 72 

 .237 

 .151 



O17.30 acres. 



i> 15.65 acres. 



'2.295 acres. 



'i 1.930 acres. 



