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BULLETIN 814, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
when very little moving of the hay in the mow is to be done. Under 
such conditions one man in the mow can take care of the hay as 
fast as the man on the wagon can pitch it off, and a second man in 
the mow can not lessen materially the time required for the work. 
The 4-man crew, two men on the wagon and two in the mow. seems 
to be less efficient than either the 2 or the 3 man crew. With this 
crew it requires a total of about two and one-quarter hours of man 
labor to unload a load as compared with two hours with the 3-man 
crew and less than one and one-half hours with the 2 -man crew. 
Table XXIX. — Unloading hay into mow by hand. 
Number of 
• 
Number of 
Number of 
reports. 
- 
Minutes per load. 
men on 
wagon. 
men in 
mow. 
Average. ' Time most often 
° j reported. 
1 
1 
2 
1 
2 
2 
67 
216 
92 
,o _, (30 (16 reports). 
ij - 4 \\W (18 reports). 
30 (63 reports). 
41.0 >\i0 (46 reports). 
1.60 (35 reports). 
33.2 ! 30 (33 re port?). 
T7XLOADIXG WITH HAYFORK. 
The crew for unloading with a hayfork always consists of one 
man on the load, a man or boy to drive the horse or team on the 
hayfork rope, and enough men in the mow to take care of the 
hay as fast as it can be gotten to them. As was the case in unloading 
by hand, the smallest crew seems to be the most efficient. The 3-man 
crew, one man in the mow, one on the load, and one to drive the 
hayfork team, uses 20 per cent less man labor per load than does the 
4-man crew, and 35 per cent less than the 5-man crew. However, 
the fact that such a large majority report the use of two men in the 
mow indicates that unless there is but little work to be done in 
the mow two men are necessary to keep up with the hayfork. 
Table XXX. — Unloading hag into mote with hagforJ: (one man on load and 
one driving hayfork team). 
Number of 
Hinutes per load. 
men in 
mow. 
reports. 
Average. 
Time most often re- 
ported. 
1 
2 
3 
64 20. 2 
364 IS. 2 
23 16. 4 
Scattering. 
/15 (112 reports). 
\20 (105 reports). 
15 (9 reports). 
The total hours of man labor required for unloading with 3 and 
4 man crews is only a little more than half as great when a hayfork 
is used as when the work is done by hand. Besides the direct saving 
of time a bov can drive the horses attached to the hayfork rope, and 
