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BULLETIN 3, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table XXXI. — -J. normal day's work in stacking hay in the field, with and without sweep 
rakes, giving the average daily acreages reported for the crews most frequently used 
and adjusted acreages for each crew. 
[Net hours in the field, 9. 
70.] 
Fsin 
I sweep rakes. 
Without sweep rakes (by hand). 
Number 
of men. 
Number 
of horses. 
Stacked 
per day. 
Number 
averaged . 
Adjusted 
acreage. 
Number ' Number 
of men. of horses. 
Stacked 
per day. 
Number 
averaged. 
Adjusted 
acreage. 
2 
2 
4 
2 
4 
6 
2 
4 
6 
6 
8 
6 
8 
Acres. 
9.70 
13.75 
9.77 
15.48 
14.55 
11.32 
15.22 
18.75 
12. SO 
19.70 
23.50 
24.66 
20.33 
37 
4 
48 
33 
11 
31 
38 
47 
19 
42 
8 
6 
15 
6.10 
9.20 
7.80 
10.90 
13. 80 
9.40 
12.20 
15.00 
12.90 
15.80 
18.60 
18.20 
20.40 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
2 
4 
2 
4 
2 
4 
6 
2 
4 
6 
4 
6 
8 
Acres. 
4.S5 
103 
3.90 
5 90 
3 
5.38 
8.03 
8.30 
9.52 
14.06 
9.00 
9.37 
12.50 
7.50 
12.20 
10.00 
80 
26 
27 
82 
8 
11 
46 
10 
12 
12 
2 
5.10 
4 
7.15 
6.60 
8.90 
5 
11.20 
7.40 
9.60 
6 
11.90 
11.20 
13.00 
14.80 
Of those farmers who stack hay in the field by hand, about equal 
numbers use two, three, and four men in the crew, five and six men 
being comparatively rare. In 49 per cent of cases, two horses are 
used, 36 per cent use four horses, and 8 per cent use six horses. Odd 
numbers of horses are seldom reported and add nothing to the 
efficiency of the crew. 
BALING HAT. 
In baling hay with the horsepower type of press it appears that 
34 per cent of crews consist of four men, while about 25 per cent 
consist of three men and an equal proportion of five men. In 75 
per cent of the instances reported two horses are used. The capacity 
of balers is much greater than the demands made upon them by the 
average crew of four men or less. The 2-horse type has somewhat 
greater capacity than the 1-horse baler. The daily duty per man 
is about 2.25 tons with the sweep type, and with the gasoline- 
engine-driven type, which averages a larger press, the daily duty is 
2.75 tons. 
In Table XXXII the original averages for each size of crew under 
the 1-horse and 2-horse types are given, together with adjusted ton- 
nages based on the average tons per man for each type. In the 
same table limited data are also given for baling with a gasoline 
engine for power arranged according to the number of men in the 
crew. The six-man crew is the most common and crews larger than 
eight men are not frequently found practicable. Within limits of 
four to eight men the output of balers is in proportion to the avail- 
able men to bring the hay to the hopper. A 10 or 12 horsepower 
engine is most generally used in this operation, smaller engines than 
this being generally overloaded in this work. 
