38 BULLETIN 1271, U. B. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
and not raked. Consequently some of the variations are due to 
variations in the percentage of total acreage raked. On farm 2 the 
hay was bucked out of the swath, and on farm 13 it was taken out of 
the swath with a hay loader. On farms 7 and 12 part of it was also 
taken out of the swath. On all other farms it was all raked before 
hauling or stacking. On some farms the hay was raked only into 
windrows; but on farms 1 and 22, with the highest labor requirements 
for raking, it was bunched also with a rake. Hauling hay to the barn 
usually requires more labor than stacking in the field. On farm 12 
all tame hay was stacked in the field. On farm 9 it was all hauled to 
the barn. The yields were the same on both farms, but the labor 
requirements for stacking were 4.05 man hours and 5.52 horse hours, 
as compared with 6.21 man hours and 5.09 horse hours for hauling 
into the barn. The hay in the latter case was put into the mow with 
slings. 
GRASS SEED REQUIREMENTS 
The average quantity of clear clover seed sown per acre was 10.2 
pounds. Where it was mixed with timothy, the average quantity of 
clover per acre was 6.1 pounds and of timothy 5.3 pounds. The 
clear clover seeding varied from 9.3 to 17 pounds per acre and the 
mixed timothy and clover from 8.3 to 14.6 pounds. The best stands 
of grass were obtained where at least 10 pounds of clover or 12 to 14 
pounds of mixed timothy and clover were sown per acre. Ked clover 
was the variety commonly used, although small amounts of alsike 
were included in some of the mixtures. (Table 29.) 
Table 29. — Standard requirements per acre for tame-hay production in southwestern 
Minnesota 
Operation and implement used 
Hours of labor 
Acres 
covered 
Man 
Horse 
in a 10- 
hour day 
Mowing, o-foot mower and 2 horses (l^-ton yield) 
Raking, 10-foot rake and 2 horses (lj^-ton yield) . .. ... ... . 
V. 
2 
1 
10 
20 
Hauling and stacking (13^-ton yield) 
4^2 
h]A 
2>/5 
Seed: Clover, 10 pounds; mixed timothy, 6 pounds; mixed clover, 8 pounds. 
DISTRIBUTION OF LABOR ON TAME HAY 
Tame hay is usually cut between July 1 and July 15. Ordinarily 
at least 10 work days of this period would be available for haying 
operations. The time of cutting tame hay varies with the season. 
In 1922 some was cut as early as June 20 and in 1920 the bulk of the 
tame hay work was not completed until July 25. For a given season, 
however, the work seldom extends over more than two weeks. Tame 
hay must be cut promptly, in order to insure good quality. 
Figure 11 shows the distribution of man labor on 23 acres of tame 
hay on a Windom farm in 1922. Except for the fact that the cutting 
is earlier than usual, this distribution is quite characteristic for farms 
in the, area. The tame-hay crop is characterized by heavy labor 
demands I'm- a short period, with no possibility of shifting them much 
one way pr (he pther without sacrificing the quality or yield of hay. 
