﻿NORMAL DAY S WORK FOR VARIOUS FARM OPERATIONS. 



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three men, 10 per cent; those for four men, 10 per cent; those for five 

 men, 10 per cent for the 6-horse crews; and those for 6 men were 

 raised 10 per cent or more. From the adjusted acreages the daily 

 duty of any combination of men and horses can be ascertained. 



Table XXX. — A normal day's loorh in hauling hay from corks to ham, giving the average 

 daily acreage reported for the crews most frequently used and adjusted work factors for 

 each crexo. 



[Net hours in the field, 9.38.] 





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. 



q 



2 

 4 

 2 

 4 

 4 

 6 

 4 

 6 

 4 

 6 

 8 



4.39 

 5.30 

 4.55 

 6.14 

 7.17 

 9.33 

 7.70 

 9.71 

 8.03 

 9.11 

 5.00 



398 



15 



331 



55 



84 



3 

 22 



7 

 19 



9 



1 



3.50 

 4.30 

 3.90 

 4.75 

 6.45 

 7.25 

 7.70 

 8.66 

 8.80 

 9.85 

 10.80 



6.14 

 7.94 

 6.44 

 8.16 

 10.14 

 14.25 

 10.70 

 12.33 

 10.52 

 11.53 

 11.60 



287 

 17 



315 

 70 

 77 

 4 

 30 

 12 

 22 

 15 

 5 



4.90 



3 



6.10 

 5.50 



\ 



6.65 

 9.10 



5 



10.25 

 10.70 



6 



11.90 

 12.45 





13.60 

 14.80 



In stacking hay in the field with the aid of sweep rakes or hay 

 buckers 32 per cent of farmers use a crew of four men and about 

 equal numbers use three and five man crews, while only 9 per cent 

 undertake the operation with two men. From the limited number 

 reporting this method of making hay it appears that two, four, and 

 six horses are equally common. Comparison of the results attained 

 in haying with sweep rakes and without them shows an advantage 

 in favor of this simple and inexpensive addition to the equipment of 

 about 40 per cent, while much of the cost of raking and cocking is 

 also eliminated. Analysis of this data also shows decreasing efficiency 

 per man and per horse as the crews become larger 



In Table XXXI the original averages for the most common crews 

 used in stacking hay with sweep rakes are given, together with 

 adjusted acreages for each of these crews. From this table the 

 daily duty of crews of any size can be ascertained. In arriving at 

 the adjusted acreages the original data for the smaller crews were 

 reduced from 10 to 20 per cent more than that for the larger crews. 



In Table XXXI the data for stacking hay in the field by hand have 

 been brought together by the same method used for other haying 

 tables. The reported acreages for the smaller crews have been 

 reduced, while some of the acreages for the larger crews have been 

 raised, in arriving at the table of adjusted factors set out in the last 

 column. 



