46 BULLETIN 578, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Mernop 51. 
This crew bales 5 tons more per day than the crew used in method 
50. Twenty tons per day is about all a sweep rake will handle. In 
order to bale 5 more tons, it is necessary to use 2 sweep rakes and 
more men at the press. The press crew is kept very busy, but is 
not overworked, as a 4-man press crew would be. In this crew 
there is 1 engineer, 1 feeder, 2 pitchers, 2 wiremen, and 1 man to 
haul water and help about the press. This crew bales 1,800 tons per 
season. 
Work CHart 51.—Prairie hay baled from the windrow with steam press. 
[This crew bales 1,800 tons per year.]° 
Time required 
Operation Men | Teams 
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Push raking 
Push raking..... 
Press crew: 
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Hauling water. 
Twelve men and 12 horses bale 25 tons (25 acres) per day. Yield, 1ton peracre. Man-hours 4.80, team- 
hours 2.40 per ton. Labor cost, $1.44 perton. ‘Total cost, including wire, $1.69 per ton. 
