FARM PRACTICE IX PRODUCTION OF HAY. 
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AMOUNT OF LABOR REQUIRED PER ACRE AND PER TON. 
The amount of labor required per acre and per ton on the farms 
studied is shown in Table XII : 
Table XII. — Labor required per acre and per ton for different operations. 
MEN.- 
52 farms 
n Steuben County, N. Y. 
37 farms in Washington County, Pa. 
Operation. 
Farms 
reporting 
each 
operation. 
Num- 
ber of 
men. 
Man-hours. 
Farms 
reporting 
each 
operation. 
Num- 
ber of 
men. 
Man-hours. 
Per 
acre. 
Per 
ton. 
Per 
acre. 
Per 
ton. 
30 
52 
29 
52 
52 
1 
1 
1 
1 
3.66 
0.561 
.935 
.617 
.436 
3.715 
"'6.' 622' 
.441 
.290 
2.475 
37 
37 
21 
37 
37 
1 
1 
1 
1 
3.57 
0.643 
.925 
.782 
.518 
5.300 
0.593 
.501 
.332 
Loading, unloading and putting 
3.400 
Total 
6.264 
4.202 
8.168 
5.238 
a Actual amount of labor required to seed an acre and not prorated for life of meadow. 
HORSES. 
Farms 
reporting 
each 
operation. 
Num- 
ber of 
horses. 
Horse-hours. 
Farms 
reporting 
each 
operation. 
Num- 
ber of 
horses. 
Horse-hours. 
Operation. 
Per Per 
acre. ton. 
Per 
acre. 
Per 
ton. 
52 '< 2 
29 i 2 
52 I 2 
52 2. 23 
1.870 
1.234 
.872 
2 275 
1.246 
.882 
.580 
1.516 
37 
21 
37 
2 
2 
2 
1.850 
1.560 
1.036 
3.346 
1.186 
Tedding 
1.001 
.664 
Loading, unloading, and putting 
37 2.27 
2.145 
Total 
6. 251 4. 224 
7.792 
4.996 
i 

COMPARISON OF LABOR COSTS FOR DIFFERENT OPERATIONS. 
The cost of man *and horse labor for the different operations is 
shown in Table XIII. The total labor cost per ton for the New York 
group is $1.31, and for the Pennsylvania group, $1.63. The differ- 
ence in cost is due almost entirely to the cost of loading, hauling, and 
putting into the barn, which is 32 cents higher in Pennsylvania than 
in New York. The costs for other operations show only very slight 
differences. 
