MACHINERY COST OF FARM OPERATIONS. 



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Table XVI. — Hay tedders — relation of work, done annually to service and cost per acre 

 and per day used on 416 farms. 



Range of area covered annually acres. . 



Number of records included 



Average area covered annually acres. . 



Years of sendee rendered 



Acres covered during life 



Days actually used during life 



Cost when new 



Total cost of repairs during life 



Total interest during life, at 6 per cent 



Total of depreciation, interest, and repairs during life 



Cost of hay tedder: 



Per day used 



Per acre tedded 



1 to 15. 



16 to 30. 



31 and 

 over. 



Average. 



174 



9.9 



14.8 



146.5 



10 



832. 00 

 3.85 

 15. 10 



85.10 

 .348 



190 



23.9 



13.8 



329.8 



23 



52 



52.2 



12.6 



657.7 



46 



835. 00 

 7.04 

 15.69 



835. 00 

 6.68 

 14.24 



82.51 

 .175 



81.21 

 .085 



21.6 



14.0 



302.4 



21 



834. 00 

 5.74 

 15.26 



55.00 



82.61 

 .181 



The annual repairs for a hay tedder average only $0.41, the cost per 

 acre being $0,0 19, The hay tedder is used only a few days in the 

 season. The repair cost per day amounts to $0,273. The average 

 first cost of a hay tedder is about $34, so that the total repairs needed 

 during its life on the farm are only 17 per cent of the original cost of 

 the implement. 



THE BEAN HARVESTER. 



The bean harvester used in western New York is an implement with 

 no moving parts, and lasts about 13 years, of which 29 days are spent 

 in actual work harvesting 218 acres. If wheel bearings are properly 

 lubricated and the knives kept repaired or replaced as they wear, 

 these machines should last almost indefinitely. The data of Table 

 XVII indicates that the amount of work done up to 45 days has little 

 effect on the life of the harvesters. 



Table XVII.— Bean harvesters — relation of work done annually to service and cost per 

 acre and per day used on 563 farms. 



Range of area covered annually acres. 



Number of records included 



Average areas covered annually acres. 



Years of service rendered 



Acres covered during life 



Days actually used during life 



Cost when new 



Total cost of repairs during life 



Total interest during life, at 6 per cent 



Total depreciation, interest, and repairs during life 



Cost of bean harvester: 



Per day used 



Per acre harvested 



1 to 10. 



11 to 20. 



21 to 30. 



Average. 



168 



8.5 



13.7 



116.4 



15 



825. 00 

 8.63 

 11.10 



44.73 



82.98 

 .384 



266 



17.1 



12.5 



213.8 



28 



129 



27.6 



12.7 



350.5 



46 



825. 00 

 12.50 

 10.13 



825. 00 

 19.81 

 10.16 



48.03 



81.71 

 .224 



81.19 

 .156 



16.9 



12.9 



218.0 



29 



825. 00 

 13.03 

 10.32 



48.35 



81.67 

 .221 



On bean harvesters the average depreciation charge per acre is 

 3.115 and the interest charge $0,048. 



