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BULLETIN 3, U. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGEICULTUBE. 



In Table XXIX the original averages for the crews most commonly 

 used in hauling hay from windrows to barn with a hay loader are 

 given, with adjusted acreages for these crews. The adjustments were 

 made by reducing the two-man averages 20 per cent, the three-man 

 averages 15 per cent, and the four-man averages less than 10 per cent. 

 From the adjusted acreages the daily duty of crews of any size in 

 this operation can be calculated. 



Table XXIX. — A normal day's work in hauling hay from windrows to barn with a hay 

 loader, giving the average acreages reported for crews most frequently used and adjusted 

 work factors for each crew. 



[Net hours in the field, 9.53.] 





Number 

 of horses. 



Unloading by hand. 



Unloading with sling or fork. 



Number of men. 



Acreage 

 per day. 



Number 

 averaged. 



Adjusted 

 acreage. 



Acreage 

 per day. 



Number 

 averaged. 



Adjusted 

 acreage. 



2 



2 



4 

 2 

 4 

 4 

 6 



5.29 

 6.50 

 5.86 

 7.05 

 7.81 

 7.66 



59 

 6 

 69 

 37 

 26 

 6 



4.25 

 5.20 

 5.00 

 6.00 

 7.00 

 8.00 



7.66 

 6.62 

 . 7. 84 ' 

 8.98 

 10.16 

 10.37 



71 

 8 

 88 

 48 

 37 

 8 



6.15 



3 



7.30 

 6.70 



4 



7.90 

 9.15 





10.25 



In hauling hay from cocks to barn the work is done with two men 

 by 41 per cent of farmers, 40 per cent use three men, and 19 per cent 

 use larger crews. Only two horses are used by 73 per cent and 19 

 per cent use four horses. Although three-man crews are much less 

 efficient from the standpoint of acres cleared in a day than two and 

 four man crews, nearly as many of the former are used in this opera- 

 tion as are reported with two men. Arrangement of the data by 

 length of haul showed no relation between distance to stack or barn 

 and the amount done daily. Any time that may be lost in hauling 

 200 rods or less as compared with shorter distances within this limit 

 is apparently regained through increased efficiency of the crew in 

 other directions. The size of the load does not appear to be a factor 

 affecting the acreage cleared in a day, since those reporting larger 

 loads and somewhat increased acreages also used somewhat larger 

 crews, on the average. The hay fork and sling add from 30 to 50 

 per cent to the efficiency of the crews in this work. It was also found 

 that those who haul hay directly from the field with hay loaders can 

 put away about one-third of an acre more daily per man than those 

 who haul it from cocks, other conditions being equal. With hay 

 loaders the operation of bunching and cocking is also eliminated. 



In Table XXX the reported acreages for crews used in hauling 

 hay from cocks to barn have been brought together, only the more 

 common crews being presented. In deriving the adjusted acreages 

 the original data for two men were reduced 20 per cent; those for 



