HAYMAKING CREWS AND LABOR COSTS. 
Method 3. 
This is a very common method, involving the use of the tedder, 
which can be used on areas up to 40 acres. The hay is tedded in 
the forenoon, and after dinner is raked with a side-delivery rake. 
When raking is finished, the man raking takes his team to the barn, 
involving a brief interval of time, and helps load and unload the 
remainder of the afternoon. 
Work Chart 3. — Timothy and clover loaded by hand; unloaded with horses {Wisconsin) . 
[This method is used on 40 acres of hay.] 
Operation 
Men 
Teams 
Time required 
67S9 10 1112 123U567 
Mowing 
A 
3 
A 
C 
A 
B 
(CB) 
(CBA) 
a 
b 
a 
b 
(b) 
a 
1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 
n n d 13 n n 
t t t t t t 
r r r r 
PPPPPPPPPPPP 
P P P P P P P 
h h h h h h h h h h h h 
u u u u u 
u u u u u u u 
1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 
Tedding 
Raking 
Pitching 
Pitching 
Haul i ng 
Unloading 
Unloading 
Three men and four horses put up 6 tons (4 acres) per day. Yield, per acre, 1.50 tons. Man-hours 4, 
team-hours 3 per ton. Labor cost, per ton, $1.40. 
Method 4. 
This crew works a little faster than the ordinary three-man crew. 
That 6 tons can be pitched by one man (C), with the help of A the 
last two hours in the afternoon, is due to the fact that the rake is 
used to put the hay into small bunches, thus enabling the pitchers 
to make better time. If the hay were not bunched, it would be 
necessary to mow in the morning, so that A could help pitch all 
afternoon. This method will handle 4 acres a day, or 40 acres in 
10 working days. 
