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BULLETIX 367, U. S. DEPAETMEXT OF AGEICULTUEE. 



Table IV. — Record of all liay-cutting operations, Santa Rita Range Reserve, 

 Ariz., 1910 to 1914, inclusive. 







Weight of hay. 





Year and 



Total 

 area. 







Remarks. 



operator. 











Total. 



Per acre. 





1910. 1 



Acres. 



Pounds. 



Pounds. 





Felix 



2 40 





504 



A single representative acre, measured; hay weighed. 

 Do. 



Ruelas . . . 







595 

 1,045 



Do 







A single representative acre, measured; hay weighed; old grass. 

 Do. 



Proctor. - 







1,475 

 572 



Do.... 







A single representative acre, measured; hay weighed; burned 



Do.... 



1 



1,036 



1,036 



over. 

 Measured acre (plat A) near middle fence; hay weighed; first 

 time cut. 



Brown . . . 







640 



A single selected acre, measured; hay weighed. 



1911. 









Ruelas.. - 



31 



11,480 



371 



Hay all baled and weighed 



Do 



5.3 



3,360 



634 



Do. 



Do 



12 



5,834 



486 



Hay stacked and measured; weight computed by .F TT' L 



rule.^ 

 Measured acre (plat A) near middle fence; second time cut. 



Proctor . . 



1 



769 



769 



Do 



1.4 



1,482 



1,037 



Measured area (plat B) near Proctor's camp; weighed hay; first 

 time cut. 



Do 



1 



521 



521 



Measiu-ed area (plat C) near old haystack; weighed hay: cut over 

 in previous year. 



Do 



29.9 







Part of hay spoiled by continuous rain; total weight not ob- 

 tained. 

 Hay stacked, not measured. 



Nicholson 



12 



4 6, 000 



4 500 



Brandt... 



33.5 



17, 240 



514 



Hav stacked and measured; weight computed by J^ W L 

 rule.3 



1912. 









Proctor . . 



1 



463 



463 



Measured acre (plat A) near middle fence; third time cut. 



Do 



1.4 



969 



692 



Measured area (plat B) near Proctor's camp; second time cut. 



Do 



1 



441 



441 



Measured area (plat C) near old haystack: third time cut. 



Do 



21.5 



14, 802 



688 



Hay stacked for six months. 



Felix 



1 



750 



750 



Measured acre: hay weighed: first time cut. 



Do 



112 



81,000 



723 



Hay baled, 1,800 bales; average weight of 25 bales=45 pounds; 

 total weight computed. 



Laute r- 



5 



4 3,000 



4 600 



Estimate based on weight of one load of loose hay. 



bach. 











1913. 











Ruelas . .'. 



13.3 



7,387 



554 



Measured area; hay baled and weighed. 



Proctor . . 



1.4 



684 



496 



Measured area (plat B) near Proctor's camp; third time cut; 

 hay baled and weighed. 



Do 



1 



241 



241 



Measiu-ed acre (plat A) near middle fence; fourth time cut; hay 

 baled and weighed. 



Do 



1 



322 



322 



Measm-ed area (plat C) near old haystack; fourth time cut; hay 

 baled and weighed. 



Do 



9.S 



6,556 



669 



Measured area; hay baled and weighed. 



Do 



21.9 



15, 596 



712 



Do. 



Do 



14.4 



6,546 



454 



Do. 



1914. 











Ruelas 



28.6 







Hay spoiled while waiting to be baled. 



Hay hauled in loose, not weighed. 



Measured area: hay baled and bales counted; weight based on 



Do 



6.9 







Felix 



114.2 



"'96,'7i7" 



794' 











average of 65 bales weighed. 



Proctor . . 



1.4 



526 



376 



Measm-ed area (plat B) near Proctor's camp; hay baled and 

 weighed. 



Do 



1 



309 



309 



Measiu-ed area (plat C) near old haystack; hay baled and 

 weighed. 



Do 



26.9 



12,853 



478 



Measured area; hay baled and weighed. 



Total 



552.8 



290, 894 







Aver- 







650' 





age. 











1 Measurements for 1910 made by Mr. H. H. Jobson. 



2 About. 



3 F=0.31, 0=over, TT^=width, i=length of stack: SOOcubicfeetof hay, stackedlessthan30days, = lton. 

 ■• Estimated. 



Using all estimates as to weights and acreages, the average pro- 

 duction per acre for five years has been 640 pounds of hay per acre. 



