FARM ORGANIZATION IN SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA 
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Distribution of Man Labor on 23 Acres of Tame Hay 
OF 
LABOR 
40 
30 
20 
I 
1 
ll 
JS 
1 
1 
10 20 10 20 
JAN. FEB. 
10 20 
MAR. 
10 20 
APR. 
10 20 
MAY 
10 20 10 20 
JUNE JULY 
10 20 
AUG. 
10 20 
SEPT. 
10 20 10 20 10 20 
OCT. NOV. DEC. 
Fig. 11.— The tame-hay harvest and last cultivation of corn keep the farmer busy during the 
last of June and the first two weeks in July 
WILD HAY 
Wild hay is handled in much the same way as tame hay. Since it 
is usually cut later in the season than tame hay when less weather 
interference is encountered, and since it is less easily damaged by 
rain, less care is exercised in handling it. It is never tedded and sel- 
dom cocked. It is usually stacked in the field. Either a sweep rake 
and stacker or a bucking pole is used. Unless the first crop is cut 
early and the summer precipitation is very heavy, a second crop is 
seldom cut. 
LABOR REQUIREMENTS FOR WILD-HAY PRODUCTION 
The labor requirements for wild ha}^ are shown in Tables 30 and 
31. A small amount of hauling hay to barn is included in the stack- 
ing requirements. Since portions of the same field were handled 
each way, it was impossible to separate the labor for these two 
operations. 
Table 30. — Man-labor requirements per acre, by operations for wild hay, 1921 
Acres 
per 
farm 
Yield 
(tons 
per 
acre) 
Hours per acre 
Farm No. 1 
Mowing 
Raking 
Hatiling 
and 
stacking 
Total 
11 
12 
5 
5 
13 
23 
14 
3 
15 
2 
12- 
27 
1.0 
1.9 
1.0 
1.1 
1.9 
1.8 
1.4 
1.0 
1.6 
1.1 
1.7 
1.0 
0.76 
• .56 
1.36 
.90 
1.44 
1.42 
1.64 
1.15 
1.06 
1.67 
1.72 
2.63 
0.19 
2.00 
2.98 
3.32 
3.88 
3.86 
3.72 
3.42 
4.98 
4.70 
5.56 
8.99 
8.55 
2 95 
2 
3. 54 
10 
.42 
.57 
.23 
.56 
.83 
. 77 
1.36 
.83 
.16 
.26 
5 10 
9 
5 35 
12.. 
5 53 
20 
5 70 
17 . 
5 89 
13 
6 90 
15 
7 12 
8... . 
8 06 
14.. 
10 87 
21. 
11 44 
Average: 
12 farms, 1921 
11.83 
18.12 
12.96 
1.4 
1. 1 
.9 
1.52 
1.29 
1 08 
.52 
. 57 
47 
5.03 
3.54 
2 96 
7.07 
5 40 
11 farms, 1920 
9 farms, 1922 
4.51 
1 Farms are arrayed in order of total man-labor requirements, beginning with the lowest. 
