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Fig. 2. — Unloading hay at the barn with horse power. This method is much more rapid than unload- 

 ing by hand, and horses do the hard part of the work. 



Table IX. — Cost of bringing hay from the field and putting into barn. 



Item. 



52 farms in 



Steuben 



Count v, 



N. Y. 



37 farms in 

 Washing- 

 ton Count v, 

 Pa. ' 



a 4, 047 

 1.50 

 3.66 



6 2,201 

 L56 

 3.57 



ell. 970 



e 1. 480 



8.09 



<*9.375 



f 1. 080 

 8.67 



Amount produced per year (tons) 



Yield per acre (tons) 



Average number of men in crew 



Man labor: 



Hay handled per day (tons ) 



Hay handled per hour (tons ). 



Hours of labor per day 



Man hours — 



Per day 



Per acre 



Per ton 



Cost of man labor, at 20 cents per hour— 



Per day 



Per acre 



Per ton 



Horse labor: 



Average number of horses used 



Hours of horse 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 



29.65 

 3. 715 

 2. 475 



S5.93 

 .743 



.495 



2.23 



18.17 



2.275 

 1.516 



S2.36 

 .295 



.197 



SS. 29 

 1. 038 

 .692 



31.86 

 5.300 

 3.400 



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1.060 



20.11 

 3.346 

 2.145 



S2.61 

 . 435 



.279 



S8. 98 



1.495 

 .959 



« 2.968 acres. 

 6 1,411 acres. 



c 7.9S0 acres. 

 d 6. 010 acres. 



f 0.968 acre. 

 / 0.693 acre. 



