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BULLETIN 641, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



11 more days on the Pennsylvania farms than on the New York 

 farms. All haying machinery is well taken care of in both sections. 

 The practice of allowing machinery to stand out of doors, customary 

 in some parts of the middle west, is not common in the east. 

 Table XVI. — Life of machinery and number of days used. 





52 farms in Steuben Countv, 37 farms in Washington County 

 N.Y. _ Pa. 



Kind of machine. 



Farms 

 report- 

 ing. 



Days 

 used 

 per 

 year. 



Years' 



service. 



Days 



used 



during 



life. 



Farms 

 report- 

 ing. 



Days 

 used 

 per 

 year. 



Years' 

 service. 



Days 



used 



during 



life. 





17 

 13 

 52 

 29 

 52 



0.904 

 .797 

 5. 150 

 4. 030 

 2.830 



19.40 

 17.50 

 10.65 

 17.07 

 17.60 



17.52 

 13.96 

 54.80 

 68.85 

 49.80 



11 



0. 557 



20.25 



11 45 



Wheelbarrow seeders 



Mowers 



Tedders 





37 



21 

 37 



3.620 

 3.480 

 2.430 



14.46 

 24.28 

 25.20 



52.42 

 84.50 

 61.40 



In Table XVII are shown comparative figures on interest and 

 taxes on hay land for the two regions : 



Table XVII. — Interest and taxes on hay land. 



Item. 



Average value of entire farm 



Average value of hay land 



Interest on hay land at 5 per cent 



Taxes on hay land 



Interest and taxes 



52 farms in Steuben 

 County, N. Y. 



Per acre, i Per ton. 



S55. 35 

 80.10 



4. 801 



S2. 670 



.534 



3.204 



37 farms in Wash- 

 ington Countv, 

 Pa. 



Per acre. 



105.40 

 5.27 

 1.054 

 6.324 



Per ton. 



S3. 380 



.675 



4. 055 



TOTAL COST OF PRODUCING HAY. 



In Table XVIII is given a summary of the cost of all labor, of 

 machinery charges, seed cost, taxes, and interest on hay land. This 

 amounts to So per ton for the New York farms and $6.10 for the 

 Pennsylvania farms. This cost is obtained by prorating the cost of 

 seeding, tedding, etc., to cover the total hay area surveyed in each 

 section. 1 



Table XIX presents the cost of producing hay on farms where there 

 is a charge for seeding and tedding. The cost of these operations, 

 machinery charges, seed cost, taxes, and interest on land, amount to 

 $7,704 per acre and $5,154 per ton for the New York and $9,673 per 

 acre and $6,202 per ton for the Pennsylvania group. 



On farms where hay is not seeded with a grain crop, but where 

 the seed bed is prepared especially, there will be an additional labor 

 charge of perhaps from 75 cents to $1 per acre per year, depending 

 upon the life of the meadow. 



i Commercial fertilizers are used very little in the areas studied, and not at all on the hay crop, 

 there is no charge for fertilizers. 



Hence 



