FARM PRACTICE IN PRODUCTION OF HAY. 
Table VII.— Cost 
of tedding — Continued. 
Item. 
52 farms in 
Steuben 
County, 
N. Y. 
37 farms in 
Washington 
County, 
Pa. 
Man labor — Continued. 
. Cost of man labor, at 20 cents per hour — 
Per dav 
$1. 49 
.123 
.082 
14.90 " 
1.234 
.822 
$1.93 
.160 
.107 
$3.42 
.283 
.189 
$1. 98 
.156 
.100 
Horse labor: 
Hours of labor — 
Per day 
19.80 
1.560 
1.001 
Cost of horse labor, at 13 cents per hour- 
$2.57 
.202 
.130 
Cost of man and horse labor: 
$4.55 
.358 
.230 
RAKING. 
The common two-horse dump rake is generally used by the farmers 
of both groups. Both the side-delivery rake and side-delivery tedder 
are used to a certain extent. Neither bunching nor gleaning is prac- 
ticed, except by a few farmers. (See Table VIII.) 
Wider rakes, by 0.18 foot, are used in the New York farms than 
on the Pennsylvania farms. The amount of hay raked per hour is 
about 2.3 acres for New York and 2.0 acres for Pennsylvania. The 
cost of labor per ton for raking is 13 cents for New York and 15 cents 
for Pennsylvania. 
The cost of raking is one factor in haymaking costs that can some- 
times be reduced materially by using a boy to operate the rake. 
Table VIII. — Cost of raizing. 
Item. 
52 farms in 
Steuben 
County, 
N.Y. 
37 farms in 
Washing- 
ton County, 
Pa. 
Number of farms using rake 
52 
1.50 
10.83 
a 25. 95 
c 3. 442 
7.54 
.436 
.290 
$1.51 
.087 
.058 
15. 08 
.872 
.580 
$1.96 
.113 
.075 
$3.47 
.200 
.133 
37 
Yield per acre (tons) 
1 56 
Width of rake (feet) 
10 65 
Man labor: 
Hay raked per day (tons) 
b 24 42 
Hay raked per hour (tons) '. 
d 3 010 
Hours of labor— 
Per day 
8 11 
Per acre 
Per ton 
332 
Cost of man labor, at 20 cents per hour — 
Per day 
$1.62 
103 
Per acre 
Per ton 
066 
Horse labor: 
Hours of labor— 
Per day 
16 22 
Per acre 
1 036 
Per ton 
664 
Cost of horse labor, at 13 cents per hour— 
Per day 
$2.10 
134 
Per acre 
Per ton 
085 
Cost of man and horse labor: 
Per day 
$3 72 
Per acre 
237 
Per ton 
151 
a 1 7. 30 acres . & 1 5 . 65 acres . f 2 . 295 acres . 
d 1.930 acr 
es. 
