FAEM PRACTICE IN PRODUCTION OP HAY. 

 AMOUNT OF LABOR REQUIRED PER ACRE AND PER TON. 



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The amount of labor required per acre and per ton on the farms 

 studied is shown in Table XII : 



Table XII. — Labor required per acre and per ton for different operations. 



MEN. 



Operation. 



Seeding by hand a 



Mowing 



Tedding 



Raking 



Loading, unloading and putting 

 into barn 



52 farms in Steuben County, N. Y. 



Farms 

 reporting 



each 

 operation. 



Total. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 men. 



1 



1 

 1 

 1 



3.66 



Man-hours. 



Per 

 acre. 



0.561 

 .935 

 .617 

 .436 



3. 715 



6.264 



Per 

 ton. 



0.622 

 .441 

 .290 



4.202 



37 farms in Washington County, Pa. 



Farms 

 reporting 



each 

 operation 



Num- 

 ber of 

 men. 



Man-hours. 



Per 



acre. 



0.643 

 .925 



.782 

 .518 



3.57 5.300 



8.168 



Per 

 ton. 



0. 593- 

 .501 

 .332 



3.400 



a Actual amount of labor required to seed an acre and not prorated for life of meadow. 



HORSES. 





Farms 

 reporting 



each 

 operation. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 horses. 



Horse-hours. 



Farms 

 reporting 



each 

 operation. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 horses. 



Horse-hours. 



Operation. 



Per 

 acre. 



Per 

 ton. 



Per 

 acre. 



Per 

 ton. 





52 ' 2 

 29 i 2 

 52 , 2 



52 j 2.23 



1.870 



1.234 



.872 



2.275 



- 1.246 



.882 

 .580 



1.516 



37 

 21 

 37 



37 



2 

 2 

 2 



2.27 



1.850 

 1.560 

 1.036 



3.346 



1.186 





1.001 





.664 



Loading, unloading, and putting 



2.145 









Total 





6.251 



4.224 







7.792 



4.996 













COMPARISON OF LABOR COSTS FOR DIFFERENT OPERATIONS. 



The cost of man and horse labor for the different operations is 

 shown in Table XIII. The total labor cost per ton for the New York 

 group is $1.31, and for the Pennsylvania group, $1.63. The differ- 

 ence in cost is due almost entirely to the cost of loading, hauling, and 

 putting into the barn, which is 32 cents higher in Pennsylvania than 

 in New York. The costs for other operations show only very slight 

 differences. 



