HAYMAKING CREWS AND LABOR COSTS. AL 
MeEtHop 44. 
This crew uses only three men at the press, the press team needing 
no driver. The yield being only one-half ton per acre, it is necessary 
to use two mowers and the sulky rake all day. This is a common 
arrangement in the prairie-hay sections of Oklahoma and Arkansas. 
Work Cuarr 44.— Prairie hay baled from the windrow with horse press (Arkansas). 
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Seven men and 10 horses bale 10 tons (20 acres) per day. Yield, 0.50 ton per acre. Man-hours 7, team- 
hours 5 per ton. Labor cost, $2.40 per ton. Cost of labor and wire, $2.65 per ton. 
MeruHop 45. 
This method is used in Oklahoma by a farmer who presses but 50 
to 75 tons of hay per year. The daily output is a little below the 
average, and no doubt the slow performance of the crew is due to 
the fact that the men are not experienced haymakers and pressers, 
and that there is no incentive to “‘speed up,” since the acreage is 
small. 
