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BULLETIN" 518, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Method 48. 
This method shows a distribution of labor not often found. The 
greatest fault of this plan is the long hours worked by the mower. 
Thirteen hours makes a very long day for man or team. By using a 
different team in the afternoon, it is possible to cut 16 acres per day. 
Method 49 is a better arrangement with regard both to hours worked 
and to labor cost per ton. 
Work Chart 48. — Prairie hay baled from the windrow with gasoline power press 
{Oklahoma). 
[This crew bales 300 tons per year.] 
Operation 
Men 
Teams 
Time required 
67S9 10 1112 123^56 7'S 
Mowing. 
Raking 
A 
B 
C 
D 
E 
F 
G 
H 
a 
b 
c 
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Push raking 
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Pitching 
Pitching..-. . . . 
Feeding 
Wiring. .: 
Wiring 
Eight men and 6 horses bale 16 tons (16 acres) per day. Yield, 1 ton per acre. Man-hours 5.60, team- 
hours 2.13 per ton. Labor cost, $1.54 per ton. Cost of labor, gasoline, and wire, $1.94 per ton. 
Method 49. 
This method is almost identical with method 50. The only dif- 
ference is that the rake starts 2 hours later than in the other method. 
Both methods are in common use in the prairie-hay section of the 
Middle West. 
