34 BULLETIN 578, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Methods 36 and 37. 
Method 36 is used on a 100,000-acre ranch in Oklahoma, where 
2,000 acres of prairie hay are made each year. The work chart is for 
but one of several crews used, The cost per ton is higher than the 
average, because with several units working there is no incentive for 
the men to " speed up." The average amount handled per sweep is 
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Fig. 11.— A large stacking crew at work in the West. Four push rakes (not all shown in the picture) 
are waiting to unload. The loss of time waiting to unload increases the cost of stacking This loss of 
time can he avoided oy proper management of the push-rake crew, 
less than 8 tons per day. Quite often, where a large number of men 
are working under a foreman, it will be found that the labor cost is 
higher than for a smaller crew, or a crew where the farmer himself 
works as one of the crew, (See fig. 11.) 
Method 37 is almost identical with method 36, having the same 
number of horses but one more man This crew puts up 3 less tons 
per day than No. 36, and is not a fast-working crew 
