HAYMAKING CREWS AND LABOR COSTS. 
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Work Chart 8. — Timothy and clover loaded by hand and unloaded with horse fork 
(Pennsylvania.) 
[This method is adapted to 50 acres of hay.] 
Operation 
lien 
Teams 
Time required 
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Mowing 
Raking 
Hauling 
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B 
A 
B 
C 
D 
E 
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b 
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Pitching 
Pitching 
Unloading 
Unloading 
Unloading 
Six men and 4 horses put up 7.5 tons (5 acres) per day. Yield, 1.50 tons per acre. Man-hours 5.06, 
team-hours 2.4 per ton. Labor cost, $1.49. 
Method 9. 
This is a one-crew system used on a farm in New Jersey, where 
over 500 acres of alfalfa are grown. It is a very good method for 
sections where unfavorable weather makes it necessary to cure in 
the cock under hay caps. In this instance, the 3 men cocking were 
experienced haymakers who did about as much work as 4 green, 
transient laborers would do. (See fig. 4. ) 
Fig. 4.— Legume hay curing in well-made cocks. Hay put into the cock when well wilted will turn a C£ 
tain amount of rain, but hay caps should be used if the cocks are to stand several days. 
