. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture -- United States. 8 BULLETIN 641, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. LOADING. HAULING, AND PUTTING HAY INTO THE BARN. The crew most generally used in the New York area is one of four men and two horses. On the 52 New York farms there were found 30 four-man crews, 13 three-man crews, 7 two-man crews, 1 eight- man crew, and 1 six-man crew. Small crews do not as a rule keep any horse or team at the barn, the team used for hauhng being also used for hoisting. (See figs. 1 and 2.) In the cases of about half of the four-man cre
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture -- United States. 8 BULLETIN 641, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. LOADING. HAULING, AND PUTTING HAY INTO THE BARN. The crew most generally used in the New York area is one of four men and two horses. On the 52 New York farms there were found 30 four-man crews, 13 three-man crews, 7 two-man crews, 1 eight- man crew, and 1 six-man crew. Small crews do not as a rule keep any horse or team at the barn, the team used for hauhng being also used for hoisting. (See figs. 1 and 2.) In the cases of about half of the four-man crews one man remains at the barn to drive the team :n the hay fork while unloading, and does nothing at other times. In such cases the fourth man is usually an old man or boy unable to work at loading. The four-man arrange- ment allows two men to work in the mow, enough to put the hay away in good Fig. loador in operation. The loader saves time and puts hay on the wagon more cheaply than it can be pitched by hnnd. T^Tien six, seven, or more men are used, there is a barn crew of from three to four who do all of the unloading, the driver unhitcliing from the load when reaching the barn and taking an empty wagon back to the field. The two-man crew allows one man to work in the mow and one to stick the hay fork and drive the hoisting team. In the Pennsylvania area there were found 4 four-man crews, 27 tln-ee-man crews, 1 two-man crew, 3 seven-man crews, and 2 six-man crews. (See Table IX.) The amount of hay handled per crew per hour is about tons for the New York group and 1 for the Pennsylvania group, at a cost of 60 cents and 96 cents, 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. , Govt.
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