NORMAL DAY S WORK FOR VARIOUS FARM OPERATIONS. 
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Table XXXII. — A normal day's work in baling hay from the stack or barn with sweep 
power and with an engine, giving the average number of tons baled daily as reported for 
the crews commonly used, with adjusted factors for each crew. 
[Net hours at work, 10.10.] 
USING HORSEPOWER. 
Type of baler. 
Number 
Baled per| 
Number 
of men. 
day. 
averaged. 
Tons. 
2 
3.6 
4 
3 
7.2 
35 
4 
9.1 
17 

12.5 
2 
2 
10.0 
1 
3 
8.6 
10 
4 
9.6 
123 
5 
10.7 
95 
6 
10.9 
26 
7 
15.5 
11 
8 
15.5 
2 
Factor for 
each crew 
per day. 
Tons. 
1-horse sweep . 
2-horse sweep . 
11.9 
5.1 
7.4 
9.6 
11.9 
14.1 
16.4 
18.6 
USING GASOLINE ENGINE. 
Number of men. 
Horse- 
power of 
engine. 
Baled per 
day. 
Number 
avereged. 
Factor for 
each crew 
per day. 
3 
5.44 
6.28 
8.29 
10.41 
12.09 
12.53 
16 
11.90 
14 
Tons. 
13.56 
10.63 
13.20 
16.26 
20.17 
20.29 
26.66 
27.50 
31.25 
16 
31 
39 
44 
32 
31 
6 
10 
4 
Tons. 
7.7 
4 
10.5 
13.4 
6 
16.3 
7 
19.1 
8 
21.9 
9 
24.8 
10. . 
27.6 
U... 
30.5 
HARVESTING GRAIX. 
The grain binder is an implement of comparatively light draft in 
proportion to its width of cut. With this machine the efficiency 
per horse increases as the width of cut is increased, as does also the 
acreage per foot in width. Since the draft of the binder is due 
principally to the propelling of the gearing mechanism, increases in 
the width of cut up to 8 or 10 feet add little to the load on the horses 
except the side draft. The daily duty per foot of cut is about 2 
acres and that per horse is about 4 acres. With the grain header the 
daily duty per foot in width is about 2.35 acres, and the duty per 
horse about 5.5 acres. 
With a combined header and thrasher meager data indicate that a 
fair day's work is from 22 to 28 acres, depending upon the width of 
cut, which usually ranges from 10 to 14 feet. 
In Table XXXIII the original averages for those widths of binder 
and header most frequently used are given, together with adjusted 
