42 BULLETIN 578, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Work Cuarr 45.—Prairie hay baled from the windrow with horse press (Oklahoma). 
{This crew bales 45 tons per year.] 
Time required 
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Eight men and 8 horses bale 7.50 tons (6 acres) per day. Yield, 1.25 tons per acre. Man-hours 9.73, team- 
hours 4.40 per ton. Labor cost, per ton, $2.82. Cost of labor and wire, $3.07 per ton. 
MertHop 46. 
Work chart 46 shows the labor distribution of a crew used for 
custom-baling in Oklahoma. Very often it will be found that crews 
Fic. 12.—Baling alfalfa, cured in the cock, with a two-horse press. More men are used in the baling crew 
than is necessary. Large press crews make the work per man easy, but increases greatly the cost per 
ton of baling. 
making a business of baling hay throughout the season include one 
more man than in the case of the owner who bales only his own hay, 
or, at most, a small quantity. The added cost over that of method 
44 is caused by the extra man in the press crew. (See fig. 12.) 
