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Work Chart 49 .—Prairie hay baled from the windrow with gasoline power press 
(Oklahoma). 
Operation 
Men 
Teams 
Time required 
67 8910 111212 3^5 6 
Mowing 
Mowing. 
Raking 
Push raking 
Press crew: 
Pitching 
Pitching 
Feeding 
Wiring 
A 
B 
C 
D 
E 
F 
G 
H 
a 
b 
c 
d 
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Eight men and 8 horses bale 18 tons (18 acres) per day. Yield, 1 ton per acre. Man-hours 4.60, team- 
hours 2.19 per ton. Labor cost, $1.36 per ton. Cost of labor, gasoline, and wire, $1.75 per ton. 
Method 50. 
This method shows the smallest possible crew for the operation of 
a power press baling 20 tons per day. This crew bales more than 
1.000 tons of prairie hay per season. There is no lost or idle time. 
The crew works 11 hours per day. With this method, 5 men in- 
stead of 4 are used very often on the press crew, in order to make 
the work a little easier. 
Work Chart 50. — Prairie hay baled from the windrow with gasoline power press 
(Kansas). 
[This crew bales over 1,000 tons per year.] 
Operation 
Men 
Teams 
Time required 
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Mowing 
Mowing 
Raking 
Push raking 
Press crew: 
Pitching 
Pitching 
Feeding 
Wiring 
A 
B 
C 
D 
E 
F 
G 
H 
a 
b 
c 
d 
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Eight men and 8 horses bale 20 tons (20 acres) per day. Yield, 1 ton per acre. Man-hours 4.40, 
hours 2.20 per ton. Labor cost, $1.32 per ton. Cost of labor, gasoline, and wire, $1.69 per ton. 
