42 
BULLETIN 1000, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
sufficient importance to be considered. Some farmers reported 
baring costs, but as baring was rather the exception than the rule, 
no baling costs have been counted. 1 
Table 28. — Mixed tame hay: Labor and material requirements per acre (197 records). 
Region. 
Number 
of 
records. 
Yield per 
acre. 
Minnesota 
Wisconsin 
New York 
Pennsylvania. 
Ohio 
New England . 
Tom. 
1.5 
1.4 
1.4 
1.5 
1.4 
1.6 
Man 
labor: 
Mowing, 
raking, 
and 
hauling. 
Hours. 
7.3 
9.1 
7.9 
7.5 
7.9 
10.7 
Seed. 
Horse 
labor: 
Mowing, 
raking, 
and 
Timothy. 
Clover. 
hauling. 
Hours. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
10.1 
4.6 
4.0 
10.2 
4.6 
3.8 
7.7 
9.2 
4.9 
7.8 
9.1 
10.5 
9.5 
10.0 
6 12.0 
Per cent 
of operat- 
ing ex- 
pen se 
covered 
by fore- 
going, a 
a Excluding interest on land. b Timothy and red top. 
Table 29. — Mixed tame hay: Percentage distribution of costs per acre. 
Item. 
Value of land per acre. 
New Y'ork. 
Ohio. 
Distribu- Distribu- Distribu- Distribu- 
tion of 
operating 
expense. 
tion of 
total 
costs. 
tion of 
operating 
expense. 
tion of 
total 
costs. 
Per cent. 
22. 4 
17.6 
Per cent. 
15.9 
12.5 
Per cent. 
33.9 
2L3 
Per cent. 
17.7 
1L2 
Materials: 
Seed 
25.3 
16.3 
17. 9 15. 3 
8.0 
11.5 
41.6 
29. 4 | 15. 3 
8.0 
Other costs: 
Overhead 
Machinery 
10.0 
S.4 
7. .6 
6.0 28,9 
.3 
15.1 
IS. 4 
13. j 29. 5 
15.4 
Land charge 
29.2 
47.7 
S>3 
S51 
Clover usually produces two crops, but very often the second 
crop is either pastured, cut for seed, or plowed under as a green 
manure crop. Table 30 shows that 50 per cent of the clover land was 
cut for hay a second time in Minnesota, though only 33 per cent was 
cut in Ohio and Wisconsin. On the New York and Illinois farms 
covered by these records the second crop was in all instances used 
either for seed or for pasture. 
i References: 
Dept. Bui. 578. A Study of Haymaking Crews and Labor Costs. 
Dept. Bui. 641. Farm Practice in the Production of Hay in Steuben County, N. Y., and Washing- 
ton County, Pa. 
