HAYMAKING CREWS AND LABOR COSTS. 
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Method 23. 
This is a very good method for timothy and clover hay on areas up 
to 70 acres, especially where other farm work presses. It allows two 
of the crew to do other farm work in the forenoon. In the afternoon 
four men work all afternoon and stack 10.5 tons. 
Work Chart 23. — Timothy and clover stacked with push rakes and stacker (Iowa). 
[This method is adapted to 70 acres.] 
Operation 
Men 
Teams 
Time required 
6789 10 1112 12 3i4-56 
Mowing 
Mowing 
Raking 
Push raking 
Push raking 
Stacking 
Stacking 
A 
B 
A 
B 
A 
C 
D 
a 
b 
a 
b 
a 
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Three men, 1 boy , and 6 horses put up 10.5 tons (7 acres) per day. Yield, 1.5 tons per acre. Man-hours 
2.33, team-hours 2.09 per ton. Labor cost, $0,884 per ton. 
Method 24. 
This method is to be recommended in the West for a small acreage 
when there is considerable other work to be done. It can be used to 
advantage on a sugar-beet farm. Ha}^ is only cut two days in the 
week, thus limiting the use of the method to about 100 acres of 
hay. 
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