HAYMAKING CREWS AND LABOR COSTS. 
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Work Chart 53. — Prarie hay baled from the windrow with gasoline power press (Okla- 
homa). 
[This crew bales over 2,000 tons per year.] 
Operation 
Men 
Teams 
Time required 
5 6 7 S 9 10 ll 12 1-2 3 k 5 6 7 S 
Mowing 
Uo.vi.ng 
Raking 
Raking 
Push raking 
Push raking 
Bunching 
Press crew: 
Pitching ... 
Pitching 
■Pitching 
Pitching. ; 
Feeding 
Feeding..^ 
Wiring 
Wiring 
Bearing away 
bales 
Foreman 1 
A 
B 
C 
D 
E 
F 
G 
H 
I 
J 
K 
L 
U 
N 

P 
Q 
a 
b 
c 
d 
e 
f 

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Helps feed, pitch, or do any other necessary work. 
Seventeen men and 12 horses ba 
Labor cost, $1.70 per ton. Cost of 
le 35 tons (28 acres) per day. Man-hours 6.31, team-hours 2.22 per ton 
labor, gasoline, and wire, $2.07 per ton. 
