HAYMAKING CREWS AND LABOR COSTS. 
Method 10. 
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This method was found on a farm where help was scarce and the 
crew short. The first load is put on by one man, the other raking 
with side-delivery rake. When load is on, the second load has been 
Fig. 5.— The side-delivery rake in operation. It puts the hay in loose windrows which allow a free circu- 
lation of the air. If used, however, when the hay is nearly cured, there is liable to be a large leaf loss, 
especially with legume hay. 
raked. Both men go to barn and unload. The second, and every 
alternate load thereafter, both men load. They change places every 
other load. The team on wagon needs no driver when loading. 
This method calls for very hard work. The amount of hay made is 
above the average for a two-man crew. 
Work Chart 10. — Timothy and clover loaded ivith loader and unloaded ivith horse fork 
(Ohio). 
[This method is adapted to 60 acres.] 
Operation 
Men 
Teams 
Time required 
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ' 1 2 J if. <? 6 7 
Stowing.- 
Raking 
A 
AarB 
AarB 
(IB) 
a 
a 
b 
(b) 
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 
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1 1 1 ! 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 
Hauling 
Unloading 
Two men and four horses put up 9 tons (6 acres) per day. Yield, 1.50 tons per acre. Man-hours 1.83, 
team-hours 1.83 per ton. Labor cost, per ton, $0,732. 
