44 BULLETIN- 1000, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 
Table 30. — Clover hay: Labor and material requirements per acre (99 records). 
Region. 
Number 
of rec- 
ords. 
Yield 
per 
acre. 
Man 
labor: 
Mowing, 
raking, 
and 
hauling. 
Horse 
labor: 
Mowing, 
raking, 
and 
hauling. 
Seed. 
Per cent 
of operat- 
ing ex- 
pense 
covered 
by fore- 
going.o 
31 
37 
7 
20 
4 
Tons. 
1.5 
2.2 
2.0 
1.6 
1.3 
Hours. 
8.6 
14.2 
8.9 
11.6 
8.7 
Hours. 
12.4 
15. 5 
9.9 
10.5 
10.0 
Pounds. 
10.7 
7.2 
10.1 
79 
79 
New York 
80 
Ohio 
76 
7.2 
a Excluding interest on land. 
Table 31. — Timothy hay: Labor and material requirements per acre (49 records). 
Region. 
Number 
of rec- 
ords. 
Yield 
per 
acre. 
Man 
labor: 
Mowing, 
raking, 
and 
hauling. 
Horse 
labor: 
Mowing, 
raking, 
and 
hauling. 
Seed. 
Per cent 
of operat- 
ing ex- 
pense 
covered 
by fore- 
gbing.a 
Minnesota 
13 
21 
8 
7 
Tons. 
1.3 
1.4 
1.2 
1.8 
Hours. 
8.0 
9.1 
7.9 
7.5 
Hours. 
11.4 
11.0 
9.2 
8.8 
Pounds. 
5.4 
5.5 
i"6" 
80 
82 
Ohio 
75 
Iowa 
70 
a Excluding interest on land. 
Alfalfa grows rapidly, and under favorable conditions, will pro- 
duce several cuttings each, season. To know the number of cuttings 
is rather important when studying cost figures for this crop and, 
therefore, figures on number of cuttings are given in the accompany- 
ing table (Table 32) . Costs for alfalfa other than harvesting are about 
the same as those given for mixed hay, but the equipment cost is 
somewhat larger for alfalfa, which tends to reduce the proportion 
represented by seed and labor. 
Table 32. — Alfalfa: Labor and material requirements per acre (105 records). 
Number 
of 
records. 
Yield 
per acre. 
Man 
labor: 
Mowing, 
raking, 
and 
hauling. 
Horse 
labor: 
Mowing, 
raking, 
and 
hauling. 
Seed. 
Per cent 
of oper- 
ating 
expense a 
covered 
by fore- 
going. 
Part of acreage cut 
more than once. 
Region. 
Two 
times. 
Three 
times. 
37 
39 
7 
3 
7 
12 
Tons. 
2.5 
2.4 
2.0 
1.9 
1.8 
2.2 
Hrs. 
20.2 
21.8 
14.0 
19.2 
17.4 
14.4 
Hrs. 
24.1 
21.2 
22.4 
23.7 
13.8 
16.0 
Lbs. 
11.7 
18.0 
15.0 
13.7 
73 
72 
69 
63 
67 
69 
Percent. 
80 
93 
100 
Per cent. 
60 
59 
72 
Ohio 
86 
91 
58 
New York 
15.3 
64 
a Excluding interest on land. 
