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BULLETIN 5*78, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGBICULTUBE. 
the barn to unload. E remains at the barn to drive team on hay 
rope. E is an old man not able to pitch in the field. 
Work Chart 7. — Timothy and clover loaded by hand and unloaded with horse fork 
{New York). 
[This method is adapted to 40 acres of hay.] 
Operation 
Men 
Teams 
Time required 
6 7 S 9 10 11 12 l 2 3 h 5 6 
ilowing 
Tedding 
Raking 
Hauling 
Pitching 
Pitching 
Unloading.- 
Unloading 
Unloading 
A 
A 
B 
C 
D 
B 
E 
(CD) 
(BCD) 
a 
a 
b 
c 
(c) 
b 
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B b n D IB IE S3 B 
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Five men and 6 horses put up 6 tons (4 acres) per day. Yield, 1.5 ton per acre. Man-hours 6.5, team- 
hours 3.83 per ton. Labor cost, §2.06 per ton. 
Method 8. 
This method, employing 6 men and 4 horses, is used by a farmer 
in Pennsylvania. Only 2 men (both of whom work on the farm 
all the year round) work all day at haying. The other 4, hired 
for the afternoon only, are transient labor. 
When load reaches the barn, it is left standing to be unloaded, 
while team goes to the field with a second wagon to be loaded. Three 
men remain at the barn all of the time and are idle over half of the 
time. The 2 pitchers are idle while team goes to and returns 
from barn. The method is given to illustrate poor labor manage- 
ment. A way to remedy this would be to do away with the barn 
crew entirely and have the two pitchers go to the barn and help 
unload, or to provide teams and wagons enough to keep the barn 
crew busy. This, in turn, would necessitate using the mower and 
rake longer. 
