BULLETIN 641, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table VI. — Cost of moving. 
Item. 
Amount produced per year (tons) 
Yield per acre (tons) 
Width of mower (feet) 
Man labor: 
Hay mowed per day (tons) 
Hay mowed per hour (tons) 
Hours of labor— 
Per day 
Per acre 
Per ton 
Cost of man labor, at 20 cents per hour— 
Per day 
Per acre 
Per ton 
Horse labor: 
Hours of labor— 
Per day 
Per acre 
Per ton 
Cost of horse labor, at 13 cents per hour- 
Per day 
Per acre 
Per ton 
Cost of man and horse labor: 
Per day 
Per acre 
Per ton 
52 farms in 
Steuben 
Countv, 
N. Y. 
a 4,047 
1.50 
5.14 
r 13. 410 
e 1,604 
8.36 
.935 
.622 
81.67 
SO. 187 
SO. 124 
16.72 
1.870 
1.246 
S2.17 
.243 
.162 
S3. 84 
.430 
. 286 
37 farms in 
Washington 
County, 
Pa." 
rfl6. 
/ 1. 
201 
56 
92 
400 
. 685 
.73 
. 92.". 
. 593 
$4. 
a 2,698 acres. b 1,411 acres. 
8.940 acres. d 10.510 acres. 
TEDDING. 
1.070 acres. / 1.080 acre*. 
The tedder is used on over half of the farms in both States. The 
acreage tedded per hour averages 1.62 acres for the New York group 
and 1.28 for the Pennsylvania group. The average width of tedders 
used on the New York farms is 1.9 feet more than the average for 
those used bj the Pennsylvania farms, which would account for the 
fact that 0.3 acre more work is done per hour in New York than in 
Pennsylvania. (See Table VII.) 
The acreage of hay actually tedded per year is probably less than 
the figures would indicate, for when weather conditions are favorable 
it is not necessary to ted all of the hay unless the crop is heavy. On 
the farms using tedders, however, it was assumed in this study that 
all hay was tedded. The cost per ton for tedding is 19 cents for the 
New York group and 23 cents for the Pennsylvania group. 
Table VII. — Cost of tedding . 
Item. 
Number of farms using tedder 
Amount tedded per year (total tons; 
Yield per acre (tons) 
Width of tedder (feet) 
Man labor: 
Hay tedded per day (tons) 
Hay tedded per hour (tons) 
Hours of labor— 
Per day 
Per acre 
Per ton 
a 1,461 acres. 
b '.»_»>; acre-;. 
12.07 acres. 
d 12.66 acres. 
•12 farms in 
Steuben 
County, 
N. Y. 
29 
a 2, 191 
1.50 
8.76 
e 18. 10 
< 2. 43 
7.45 
.617 
.441 
37 farms in 
Washington 
County, 
Pa. 
21 
b 1.444 
l.oti 
6.85 
d 19. 75 
f 1.99 
.782 
501 
' 1.62 acre-. 
/ 1.28 acres 
