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Work cHart 31.—/Jrrigated alfalfa stacked with push rakes and stacker (Colorado). 
[This method is adapted to 200 acres.] 
Time required 
Push raking 
Stacking 
Stacking 
Seven men and 12horses put up 20 tons (20 acres) perday. Yield, 1ton peracre. Man-hours 3.15, team- 
hours 2.70 per ton. Labor cost, $1.17 per ton. 
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Method 32 is well adapted to an area of 300 acres of irrigated 
alfalfa. Three 5-foot mowers are used, each cutting 10 acres per 
day. ‘The close spacing of irrigation ditches in some cases makes it 
necessary to use more mowers than in others. The sulky rake is 
used for gleaning, and the side-detivery rake for raking into the 
windrows. 
Work CHART oo —Trrigated alfalfa stacked with push rakes and stacker (Colorado). 
{This method is adapted to 300 acres.] 
Time required 
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1 Boy driving team on stacker. 
Ten men, 1 boy, and 18 horses put up 37.5 tons (30 acres) perday. Yield, 1.25 tonsperacre. Man-hours 
2.80, team-hours 2.40 per ton. Labor cost, $1.04 per ton. 
