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BULLETIN 3, U. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. 
In Table XXIX the original averages for the crews most commonly 
used in hauling hay from windrows to barn with a hay loader are 
given, with adjusted acreages for these crews. The adjustments were 
made by reducing the two-man averages 20 per cent, the three-man 
averages 15 per cent, and the four-man averages less than 10 per cent. 
From the adjusted acreages the daily duty of crews of any size in 
this operation can be calculated. 
Table XXIX. — A normal day's work in hauling hay from windrows to barn with a hay 
loader, giving the average acreages reported for crews most frequently used and adjusted 
work factors for each crew. 
[Net hours in the field, 9.53.] 
Number 
of horses. 
Unloading by hand. 
Unloading with sling or fork. 
Number of men. 
Acreage 
per day. 
Number 
averaged. 
Adjusted 
acreage. 
Acreage 
per day. 
Number 
averaged. 
Adjusted 
acreage. 
2 
2 
4 
2 
4 
4 
6 
5.29 
6.50 
5.86 
7.05 
7.81 
7.66 
59 
6 
69 
37 
26 
6 
4.25 
5.20 
5.00 
6.00 
7.00 
8.00 
7.66 
6.62 
7.84 
8.98 
10.16 
10.37 
71 
8 
88 
48 
37 
8 
6.15 
3 
7.30 
6.70 
4 
7.90 
9.15 
10.25 
In hauling hay from cocks to barn the work is done with two men 
by 41 per cent of farmers, 40 per cent use three men, and 19 per cent 
use larger crews. Only two horses are used by 73 per cent and 19 
per cent use four horses. Although three-man crews are much less 
efficient from the standpoint of acres cleared in a day than two and 
four man crews, nearly as many of the former are used in this opera- 
tion as are reported with two men. Arrangement of the data by 
length of haul showed no relation between distance to stack or barn 
and the amount done daily. Any time that may be lost in hauling 
200 rods or less as compared with shorter distances within this limit 
is apparently regained through increased efficiency of the crew in 
other directions. The size of the load does not appear to be a factor 
affecting the acreage cleared in a day, since those reporting larger 
loads and somewhat increased acreages also used somewhat larger 
crews, on the average. The hay fork and sling add from 30 to 50 
per cent to the efficiency of the crews in this work. It was also found 
that those who haul hay directly from the field with hay loaders can 
put away about one-third of an acre more daily per man than those 
who haul it from cocks, other conditions being equal. With hay 
loaders the operation of bunching and cocking is also eliminated. 
In Table XXX the reported acreages for crews used in hauling 
hay from cocks to barn have been brought together, only the more 
common crews being presented. In deriving the adjusted acreages 
the original data for two men were reduced 20 per cent; those for 
