14 BULLETIN 578, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
MertuHop 11. 
This method is in common use and adapted to an acreage up to 
80 acres. Three men work on the wagon. One drives and the other 
two build the load, and 12 tons are put into the barn in 6 hours. 
This is perhaps the maximum amount of hay that a crew of this 
size can handlein one afternoon. In order to accomplish this amount 
of work, large hay racks will have to be used, so that more than the 
average amount of hay is hauled per load. It will also be necessary 
that the distance from the field be short, say not over a quarter of a 
mile. (See fig. 6.) 
Fig. 6.—Unloading hay at the barn with horse power. The horse fork eliminates man labor and makes a 
considerable saying in time in unloading, 
