22 BULLETIN 578, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Work CHart 20.—Timothy and clover loaded with loader; unloaded with horse fork (New 
York). 
[This method is adapted to 300 acres.] 
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Twelve men and 14 horses put up 45 tons (30 acres)perday. Yield,1.5 tons per acre. Man-hours 2. 66, 
team-hours 1.55 perton. Labor cost, $0.842 per ton. 
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System 3.—Stacking With Push Rakes and Stacker. 
The machinery used in making hay in the Middle Western States is 
very different from that used in the Eastern States. There are two 
reasons for this. First, a large percentage of the hay is stacked; 
second, horse labor is used as much as possible in order to reduce man 
labor, which is often hard to obtain. By using the push rake and 
stacker, the only hand labor needed is on thestack. (See figs. 7 and 8.) 
Push rakes, also locally known as ‘‘sweeps,” “runabouts,” ‘bull 
rakes,” and ‘‘go devils,” differ considerably in details of construction. 
The capacity or amount of work done per day varies with the type of 
push rake, the skill of man and team operating it, yield per acre, etc. 
(See fig. 9.) 
MertHop 21. 
This method compares very favorably with method No. 23, the 
difference being that it requires fewer men by one to stack almost as 
much hay as do the three men and one boy crew of No. 23. A boy 
could easily replace one of the men in this crew by raking in the fore- 
noon and driving the team on the stacker in the afternoon. This 
method is in common use in the Middle West. 
