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Show LABOR SAVED IN HARVESTING HAY Good Methods, Efficient Management Manage-ment and Proper Implements Imple-ments Are Essential. USE HORSES FOR HEAVY WORK email Grower Need Not Make Large Investment In New Apparatus Economical to Use Mower of the Larger Slice. (Prepared br th United 8tte Department of Agriculture.) Much labor is wasted In harvesting hay, Dot necessarily because of Idleness, Idle-ness, but because wrong methods, Inefficient In-efficient management and Improper or Imperfect Implements are employed, say specialists of the United States Department of Agriculture. On farms where considerable hny Is grown, they say, methods must be adopted by which the greater part of the heavy labor Is done by horses. This will necessitate the general use of cer-tuln cer-tuln types of labor-saving machinery, some of them not so common In the East, which have been thoroughly tested test-ed and proved satisfactory In the western west-ern part of the United States. The small hny grower, however, need not make a very heavy investment In new haying apparatus, for, by rearranging the working of his crew, and using a little more horse labor for the bard work, he can add considerably to the efficiency of his crew. Time of Mowing It Important The time of day when the mower Is started has a direct bearing on the amount of hay made per day and the number of men required. This is especially espe-cially true on farms where it is the custom to haul or stack hay In the afternoon only. If mowing is done in the morning and raking In the afternoon, after-noon, more men and horses than usual will be required, and If mowing and rnklng are both done In the afternoon, still more men and horses will be needed. The five-foot cut is the most common size used In the East, but It will be economy to use larger mowers; six, seven and even eight-foot sizes can be used on a great many farms. Some idea of the time saved by using these larger sizes may be had when the difference dif-ference In the amount of work done by each Is known. Under average conditions, condi-tions, a five-foot mower will cut ten acres In ten hours, a six-foot mower will cut 12 acres, a seven-foot 14 ncres and an eight-foot about 10 acres in ten hours. It should be borne In mind that more power Is required for the - Loading Hay In a Field. wider cuts. Many alfalfa growers are using the eight-foot cut with good success, and make a practice of mowing mow-ing earl-y in the morning before the dew is off, or even during a light rain. Mower Is Important. It does not pay to wait until the dew Is off before starting the mower If the' tedder is used to "kick" the water out of the hay. The size of mower used and the time of day it is started are tbe most Important factors In crew arrangement. |