HAYMAKING CREWS AND LABOR COSTS. 
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Method 28. 
This crew can handle as much as 250 acres of alfalfa per cutting. 
As it does not start to work until 8 o'clock, or when the dew is almost 
gone, it is necessary to use three 5-foot mowers to cut down 25 acres 
per day. Only one rake being used, there is no time for gleaning. 
One man on the stack has to take care of hay from two sweep rakes, 
and is worked rather hard, especially when the weather is very 
warm. This method is in common use in western Kansas. 
Work Chart 28. — Alfalfa stacked with push rakes and stacker {Western Kansas). 
[This method is adapted to 250 acres.] 
Operation 
Men 
Teams 
Time required 
67S9 10 11 12 12 3^56 
Mowing 
Mowing 
Mowing 
Raking 
Push raking 
Push raking 
Stacking 
Stacking 
A 
B 
C 
D 
E 
y 
G 
H 
a 
b 
c 
d 
e 
f 
g 
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Eight men and 14 horses put up 31.25 tons (25 acres) per day. Yield, 1.25 tons per acre. Man-hours 
2.46, team-hours 2.14 per ton. Labor cost, $0.92 per ton. 
Method 29. 
This crew arrangement is in common use in Colorado, where on 
account of there being no need to wait for dew to disappear, the 
crew starts at 7 a. m. The hay is raked with a side-delivery rake. 
Sometimes two men are used on the stack instead of one, as shown 
here. 
