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BULLETIN 412^ U. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 



Table XXIII gives the daily duty of the crews ordinarily used in 

 western New York in hauling in hay from the field and unloading by 

 hand. In this section, which is not an extensive haying region, 

 one team only is used in a large majority of cases. Increasing the 

 crew does not result in increasing the amount done in the same pro- 

 portion, and odd men are the least valuable additions to the crew. 



Table XXIII. — A fair day's work with crews used in hauling hay from field to barn and 



unloading by hand. 





Crews. 

















Tons 

 daily. 



Acres 

 daily. 



Number 

 averaged. 









Men. 



Horses. 



Wagons. 









2 



2 



1 



7.7 



4.9 



342 



3 



2 



1 



8.8 



5.3 



509 



3 



4 



2 



10.0 



5.6 



11 



4 



4 



2 



13.3 



7.7 



50 



5 



4 



2 



14.8 



8.7 



65 



In Table XXIV is shown the normal duty of crews in hauling in 

 hay where the unloading is done with the hay sling, or hay fork. 

 Unloading with this inexpensive device increases the efficiency per 

 day about 45 per cent. The farmers in this section are, on the aver- 

 age, from 5 to 10 per cent more efficient in hauling in their hay than 

 the average farmer of the country. The efficiency of the crews shown 

 in Tables XXIII and XXIV can be increased about 10 per cent by 

 the use of the hay loader in the field. Where stacking is done in the 

 field, or where the hay field is within 60 rods of the barn, hay can be 

 put away about 75 per cent more rapidly with the western sweep 

 rakes than with wagons and racks. 



Table XXIV. 



-A fair day's work for crews hauling hay from field to barn and unloading 

 with hay sling or fork. 





Crews. 

















Tons 

 daily. 



Acres 

 daily. 



Number 

 averaged. 









Men. 



Horses. 



Wagons. 









2 



2 



1 



10.7 



6.6 



290 



3 



2 



1 



12.6 



7.5 



496 



3 



4 



2 



14.9 



9.3 



9 



4 



4 



2 



17.5 



9.8 



58 



5 



4 



2 



20.1 



11.7 



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OPERATIONS ON THE CABBAGE CROP. 



In Table XXV the averages for planting cabbage with a trans- 

 planter have been brought together for increasing sizes of crews. In 

 aU cases there are three men on the transplanter, the additional men 

 and horses being used to bring the plants and water to convenient 

 points for the transplanter. The efficiency per day is not greatly 



