. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. FARM PRACTICE I1ST PRODUCTION OF HAY. 5 both areas, averaging in 1915 about $ per acre and $ per ton for the first crop of hay. (See Table V.) The average life of the meadow, including years used for pasture, is year longer for the Pennsylvania farms than for the New York farms. The cost of seed per ton per year of meadow life is 7 cents less for the Pennsylvania group than for the New York group. The yield per acre has an important bearing on the seed cost per ton of hay. In the New York area, for example
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. FARM PRACTICE I1ST PRODUCTION OF HAY. 5 both areas, averaging in 1915 about $ per acre and $ per ton for the first crop of hay. (See Table V.) The average life of the meadow, including years used for pasture, is year longer for the Pennsylvania farms than for the New York farms. The cost of seed per ton per year of meadow life is 7 cents less for the Pennsylvania group than for the New York group. The yield per acre has an important bearing on the seed cost per ton of hay. In the New York area, for example, where the lowest yield found on an individual farm was 1 ton per acre, and the highest 3 tons per acre, the seed cost per ton of hay is $ for the 1-ton- per-acre farm, while the seed cost for the 3-ton-per-acre farm is only $ Table V.—Cost of seed and amount sown in 1915. Item. Amount of timothy sown, per acre: Pounds Quarts Cost of timothy seed, per acre, at $ per bushel Amount of clover sown, per acre: Pounds Quarts Cost of seed, per acre, at $ per bushel Cost of timothy and clover seed, per acre Cost of seed per year during life of meadow: Per acre Per ton. 37 farms in Washing-, ton County, $ $1,491 $ $ .343 MOWING. In the New York area the 5-foot mower is used almost exclusively. Only a few 6-foot mowers and no 7-foot mowers are used. In the Pennsylvania area the 6-foot mower predominates, though a few 7-foot machines ^are used. The hay cut per hour, however, is about the same for each State, averaging 1 ton. The acreage grown per farm in the New York group is about two-thirds more than the average per farm in the Pennsylvania group. In Pennsylvania, while a larger mower is used, the fields are smaller, which necessitates more waste time in mowing. Another factor that would tend to decrease the amount mowed per hour in Pennsylvania is that the surface is more broken. The hills are steeper in general than in New York,
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