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BULLETIN 3, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table XXXI. — A normal day's work in stacking hay in the field, with and without sweep 

 rakes, giving the average daily acreages reported for the crews most frequently used 

 and adjusted acreages for each crew. 



[Net hours in the field, 9.70.] 





Usin 



j sweep rakes. 





Without sweep rakes (by hand). 



Number 

 of men. 



Number 

 of horses. 



Stacked 

 per day. 



Number 

 averaged . 



Adjusted 

 acreage. 



Number 

 of men. 



Number 

 of horses. 



Stacked 

 per day. 



Number 

 averaged. 



Adjusted 

 acreage. 



2 



2 

 4 

 2 

 4 

 6 

 2 

 4 

 6 

 4 

 6 

 8 

 6 

 8 



Acres. 



9.70 

 13.75 



9.77 

 15.48 

 14.55 

 11.32 

 15.22 

 18.75 

 12. SO 

 19.70 

 23.50 

 24.66 

 20.33 



37 

 4 



48 

 33 

 11 

 31 

 38 

 47 

 19 

 42 

 8 

 6 

 15 



6.10 

 9.20 

 7.80 

 10.90 

 13.80 

 9.40 

 12. 20 

 15.00 

 12.90 

 15.80 

 18.60 

 18.20 

 20.40 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



2 



4 

 2 

 4 

 2 

 4 

 6 

 2 

 4 

 6 

 4 

 6 

 8 



Acres. 



4.85 



103 



3.90 





5.90 



3 



5.38 

 8.03 

 8.30 

 9.52 



14.06 

 9.00 

 9.37 



12.50 

 7.50 



12.20 



10.00 



80 

 26 

 27 

 82 



8 

 11 

 46 

 10 

 12 

 12 



2 



5.10 



4 



7.15 

 6.60 

 8.90 



5 



11.20 

 7.40 

 9.60 



6 



11.90 

 11.20 

 13.00 





14.80 



Of those farmers who stack hay in the field, by hand, about equal 

 numbers use two, three, and four men in the crew, five and six men 

 being comparatively rare. In 49 per cent of cases, two horses are 

 used, 36 per cent use four horses, and 8 per cent use six horses. Odd 

 numbers of horses are seldom reported and add nothing to the 

 efficiency of the crew. 



BALING HAT. 



In baling hay with the horsepower type of press it appears that 

 34 per cent of crews consist of four men, while about 25 per cent 

 consist of three men and an equal proportion of five men. In 75 

 per cent of the instances reported two horses are used. The capacity 

 of balers is much greater than the demands made upon them by the 

 average crew of four men or less. The 2-horse type has somewhat 

 greater capacity than the 1-horse baler. The daily duty per man 

 is about 2.25 tons with the sweep type, and with the gasoline- 

 engine-driven type, which averages a larger press, the daily duty is 

 2.75 tons. 



In Table XXXII the original averages for each size of crew under 

 the 1-horse and 2-horse types are given, together with adjusted ton- 

 nages based on the average tons per man for each type. In the 

 same table limited data are also given for baling with a gasoline 

 engine for power arranged according to the number of men in the 

 crew. The six-man crew is the most common and crews larger than 

 eight men are not frequently found practicable. Within limits of 

 four to eight men the output of balers is in proportion to the avail- 

 able men to bring the hay to the hopper. A 10 or 12 horsepower 

 engine is most generally used in this operation, smaller engines than 

 this being generally overloaded in this work. 



