HAYMAKING CREWS AND LABOR COSTS. 27 
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[This crew can harvest 100 acres in 10 working days.] 
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Four men and 8 horses put up 10 tons or10acresperday. Yield, 1 ton per acre. 
team-hours 3.50 per ton. Labor cost, $1.40 per ton 
Man-hours 3.50, 
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This method does not require the use of a stacker. A few alfalfa 
growers in Kansas claim that it does not pay to buy a stacker to be 
used only 2 or 3 days at each cutting. The labor cost in this case is 
Fie. 10.—The haystacker in operation. 
The load is almost ready to be dumped on to the stack. No 
hard labor is required. 
much higher than that for the average when a stacker is used, and 
the yield is but 1 ton per acre. If there is other farm work requiring 
6 regular men, or if extra labor can be hired just when wanted, 
then it might be questionable if it would pay to buy a stacker. If 
help is scarce, however, 3 or 4 men, with 4 to 6 horses and a stacker, 
will put up as much hay as the 6 men and 4 horses, not using a stacker. 
(See fig. 10.) 
