HAYMAKING CREWS AND LABOR COSTS. Aq 
Meruop 52. 
This crew is used on an Oklahoma farm producing 450 acres of 
alfalfa. It will be necessary to use two 8-foot mowers to cut 35 acres 
per day. If 6-foot mowers are used, three will be required, which 
will increase the cost about 15 cents per ton. The two 11-foot side- 
delivery rakes not only rake 35 acres per day, but turn the windrows 
over the second day. The press crew is necessarily fairly large on 
account of the hay being heavy to handle and the weather hot. As 
no hay is bunched or cocked, the crew will lose some time mornings 
if there is a heavy dew. 
Work Cnart 52.—Alfalfa baled from the windrow with gasoline power press (Oklahoma). 
[This crew bales the hay from 450 acres per year-.] 
Push raking..... 
Press crew: 
Pitching. 
Pitching 
Pitching 
Bearing away 
bales....... 
Thirteen men and 12 horses bale 20 tons (35acres) per day. Yield,0.57 tons per acre. Man-hours 6.50, 
team-hours 3 per ton. Labor cost, $1.90 per ton. Cost of labor, gasoline, and wire (3 wires to the bale), 
$2.38 per ton. 
