16 
BULLETIN 641, U. S. DEPAETMEXT OF AGRICULTURE. 
condition of the roads has a decided influence on the cost, as bad 
roads make it impossible to haul a full load and necessitate a longer 
time per trip. 
From the report of 25 farmers in the New York area it was found 
that the average distance to market was 3 miles and the cost of 
hauling 70 cents per ton. 
- Table XX. — Labor cost per ton when the yield varies. {52 farms in Steuben 
County, N.Y.) 
Operation. 
Labor cost per ton when 
Yield is— 
3 tons per 1.50 tons 
acre. | per acre. 
1 ton per 
acre. 
Seeding 80.021 j SO. 042 
Mowing .192 .385 
Tedding .116 .233 
Raking .084 | .168 
Loading, hauling, and unloading | .692 .692 
Total. 
1.105 
1.520 
SO. 063 
.349 
.252 
1.933 
Fig. 3.— A good stand of timothy and clover, yielding over two tons per acre. The cost of production 
decreases and profits increase as the yield per acre increases. 
EFFECT OF YIELD ON THE COST OF LABOR PER TON. 
The cost of labor per ton is directly affected by yield in seeding, 
mowing, tedding, and raking, since the amount of work accomplished 
per hour in these operations is nearly the same for a light yield as 
for a heavy one. Even the cost of loading by hand, hauling, and 
putting into the barn is but slightly affected by variation in yield. 
For the purpose of illustrating the effect of yield upon labor cost 
per ton Table XX has been prepared, based on the cost in the Xew 
York area, where the yield is 1.50 tons per acre. It will be seen that 
the labor cost per ton decreases as the yield increases, the cost with 
a 1-ton yield being almost double the cost with a 3-ton yield. (See 
fig. 3.) ' 
WASHINGTON : GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1918 
