HAYMAKING CREWS AND LABOR COSTS. li 
MetHop 10. 
This method was found on a farm where help was scarce and the 
erew short. The first load is put on by one man, the other raking 
with side-delivery rake. When load is on, the second load has been 
Fic. 5.—The side-delivery rake in operation. It puts the hay in loose windrows which allow a free circu- 
lation of the air. If used, however, when the hay is nearly cured, there is liable to be a large leafloss, 
especially with legume hay. 
raked. Both men go to barn and unload. The second, and every 
alternate load thereafter, both men load. They change places every 
other load. The team on wagon needs no driver when loading. 
This method calls for very hard work. The amount of hay made is 
above the average for a two-man crew. 
Work Cuarr 10.—Timothy and clover loaded with loader and unloaded with horse fork 
: (Ohio). 
[This method is adapted to 60 acres. ] 
Time required 
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Two men and four horses put up 9 tons (6 acres) per day. Yield, 1.50 tons per acre. Man-hours 1.83, 
team-hours 1.83 per ton. Labor cost, per ton, $0.732. 
