. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 42 BULLETIN 578, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. Work Chart 45.—Prairie hay baled from the windrow with horse press (Oklahoma). [This crew bales 45 tons per year.] Operation Men Teams Time required 67S9 10 1112 1231I56 Press orew: Pitching Pitching A B' C D E F G H a b c d 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 rrrrrrrrrr PPPPPPPPPP PPPPPPPPPP PPPPPPPPPP PPPPPPPPPP PPPPPPPPPP PPPPPPPPPP ffffffffff ffffffffff WWVJflWWWWWW WrtWWWWWWWW dddddddddd dad-ddddddd 1 1 1 i 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Eight men and 8 horses bale tons (6 acres) pe
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 42 BULLETIN 578, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. Work Chart 45.—Prairie hay baled from the windrow with horse press (Oklahoma). [This crew bales 45 tons per year.] Operation Men Teams Time required 67S9 10 1112 1231I56 Press orew: Pitching Pitching A B' C D E F G H a b c d 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 rrrrrrrrrr PPPPPPPPPP PPPPPPPPPP PPPPPPPPPP PPPPPPPPPP PPPPPPPPPP PPPPPPPPPP ffffffffff ffffffffff WWVJflWWWWWW WrtWWWWWWWW dddddddddd dad-ddddddd 1 1 1 i 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Eight men and 8 horses bale tons (6 acres) per day. Yield, tons per acre. Man-hours , team- hours per ton. Labor cost, per ton, $ Cost of labor and wire, $ per ton. Method 46. Work chart 46 shows the labor distribution of a crew used for custom-baling in Oklahoma. Very often it will be found that crews. FlG. 12.—Baling alfalfa, cured in the cock, with a two-horse press. More men are used in the baling crew than is necessary. Large press crews make the work per man easy, but increases greatly the cost per ton of baling. making a business of baling hay throughout the season include one more man than in the case of the owner who bales only his own hay, or, at most, a small quantity. The added cost over that of method 44 is caused by the extra man in the press crew. (See rig. 12.). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
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