REQUIREMENTS OF EIELD CROPS. 
45 
Besides clover, timothy, and alfalfa, several other crops may be 
used for hay. Many farmers depend largely upon peas and oats and 
other grains for their hay, but on most farms these crops are har- 
vested for hay only in case of emergency. The seed used for the 
grain hay is very often a mixture of peas and oats, although the 
records indicate that the other grains are also used. The amounts of 
seed given per acre in the following table consist of about two-thirds 
oats and the remainder peas, rye, wheat, etc. : 
Table 33. — Wild and grain hays: Labor and material requirements per acre (83 records). 
Kind of 
hay. 
Num- 
ber of 
rec- 
ords. 
Yield 
per 
acre. 
Man labor. 
Horse labor. 
• 
Seed. 
Per 
cent of 
Region. 
Prior 
to har- 
vest. 
Har- 
vest. 
Total. 
Prior 
to har- 
vest. 
Har- 
vast. 
Total. 
operat- 
ing ex- 
pense a 
cov- 
ered 
by 
fore- 
going. 
Wild.... 
Millet... 
...do... 
Grain . . . 
...do.... 
...do.... 
52 
8 
5 
8 
2 
8 
Tons. 
1.3 
1.7 
1.9 
1.2 
.5 
1.3 
Hrs. 
"'q.9 
3.2 
8.1 
3.1 
2.9 
Hrs. 
7.6 
11.3 
5.1 
8.5 
3.4 
8.3 
Hrs. 
7.6 
18.2 
8.3 
16.6 
6.5 
11.2 
Hrs. 
"2S'.2 
14.3 
16.4 
8.1 
8.9 
Hrs. 
10.9 
12.7 
8.1 
8.1 
5.5 
9.8 
Hrs. 
10.9 
35.9 
22.4 
24.5 
13.6 
18.7 
Lbs. 
"35. '9 " 
21.0 
75.0 
42.0 
70.4 
46 
Do 
69 
North Dakota 
83 
80 
Illinois 
Minnesota 
a Excluding interest on land. 
GRASS-SEED CROPS. 
On many farms it is customary to use the second cutting of clover 
for the production of seed. When so used it has been the practice to 
divide the annual charges against the field between the two cuttings. 
When only two cuttings are made the hay and clover seed crops are 
made to carry equal proportions of such items as the seeding cost, 
land rent, taxes, etc., or two-thirds of the expense may be charged to 
the hay, if two crops of hay and one crop of seed are obtained during 
the same season. 
With timothy, which usually produces only one crop a year, this 
question does not arise. (See Tables 34, 35, and 36.) 
Table 34. — Timothy seed: Labor and material requirements per acre. 
Num- 
ber 
of 
rec- 
ords. 
Yield 
per 
acre. 
Man labor. 
Horse labor. 
Seed. 
Twine. 
Per cent 
of oper- 
Region. 
Harvest. 
Total. 
Harvest. 
Total. 
ating ex- 
pense 
covered 
by fore- 
going.o 
12 
4 
10 
3 
Bush. 
4.0 
1.7 
5.S 
1.7 
,3 
Hours. 
6.3 
3.9 
6.9 
6.0 
10.0 
Hours. 
6.3 
3.9 
6.9 
6.0 
10.0 
Hours. 
7.6 
4.4 
7.6 
5.0 
8.9 
Hours. 
7.6 
4.4 
7.6 
5.0 
8.9 
Lbs. 
5.6 
4.6 
4.0 
Lbs. 
1.9 
.8 
3.1 
45 
62 
49 
Ohio . . 
64 
Excluding interest on land. 
