FARM PRACTICE IN PRODUCTION OF HAY. 
Fig. 2. — Unloading hay at the barn with horse power. This method is much more rapid than unload- 
ing by hand, and horses do the hard part of the work. 
Table IX. — Cost of bringing hay from the field and putting into barn. 
Item. 
52 farms in 
Steuben 
County, 
N.Y. 
37 farms in 
Washing- 
ton County, 
Pa. 
Amount produced per year (tons) 
Yield per acre (tons) . . .' 
Average number of men in crew 
Man labor: 
Hay handled per day (tons) 
Hay handled per hour (tons) 
Hours of labor per day 
Man hours— 
Per day 
Per acre 
Per ton 
Cost of man labor, at 20 cents per hour- 
Per day 
Per acre 
Per ton 
Horse labor: 
Average number of horses used 
Hours of horse labor— 
Per day 
Per acre 
Per ton 
Cost of horse labor,, at 13 cents per horn 
Per day 
Per acre 
Per ton 
Cost of man and horse labor: 
Per day 
Per acre 
Per ton 
a 4, 047 
1.50 
3.66 
ell. 970 
e 1. 480 
8.09 
29. 65 
3. 715 
2.475 
$5.93 
.743 
.495 
2.23 
IS. 17 
2.275 
1.516 
$2. 36 
.295 
$8.29 
1.038 
.692 
b 2, 201 
1.56 
3.57 
<*9.375 
1 1. 080 
8.67 
31.86 
5. 300 
3.400 
$6.37 
1.060 
2.27 
20.11 
3.346 
2.145 
$2.61 
. 435 
.279 
$8. 98 
1.495 
. 959 
a 2,968 acres. 
*• 1,-111 acres. 
c 7.980 acres. 
d 6.010 acres. 
<• 0.968 acre. 
/ 0.693 acre. 
