| Show USE LABOR TO BEST ADVANTAGE W f M er e XI am e gle p yo 1 I the stacker la Is a modern implement utilizing horse labor for putting the hay on the stack 4 by the united states department of agriculture the hay crop even when the labor apply Is normal causes more worry anxiety and disappointment than any I 1 other crop the time for harvesting Is comparatively short other crops require attention at the same time and thel the weather Is to be reckoned with A great oeal deal of labor Is wasted every year during hay harvest say specialists of the united states tates department of agriculture not because of actual idleness on the part of the workers but because labor Is expended unnecessarily essa rily on operations that do not utilize it to tile the best advantage if an old method can be superseded by a new one that will enable the same game number ot of men to accomplish more work in the same length ot of time or fewer men to accomplish the same work in the same length of time it will mean more hay bay saved more profit to the farmer and a better condition for the country shift burden from man to horse although there Is a scarcity of man labor there are still plenty of horses on most farms and herein largely lies iles the solution of the problem on farms where considerable hay Is grown methods must be adopted by which the greater part of the heavy labor Is done by horses this will necessitate the general use of certain types of laborsaving machinery some of them not 0 so o common in the east which have been thoroughly tested and proved satisfactory in the western part of the united states the small hay 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 tor for the hard work he can add considerably to the efficiency of his crew here are some suggestions made by the specialists for avoiding of labor in liny haymaking making do not run two or more mowers close together it if the front mower has any trouble that causes it to stop all of 01 the mowers usually watt wait while repairs are made on one there Is a tendency also for drivers to waste A four wheeled push pus arake rake too much time talking when they stop occasionally to let alie ti I 1 e teams te alms rest A good practice when two or more machines are used is for each driver to lay off a land for himself and work independently so there will be no interference from other machines side delivery rake Is best do not turn hay by hand it Is too costly the cheapest and in most ost efficient way of stirring hay in the is windrow indro xv Is with a two horse tedder one man with a tedder N will do more moire work than 12 men stirring with hand forks it to it not even necessary to have a man to run the tedder A boy big enough to drive a team will do just as much work A one horse rake operated by a man makes raking very costly A two horse bulky rake rahe Is better but the side de livery rake is 1 best when curing Is done in the blath and a liay hay loader Is IB used t the he crew can start taking the hay from the windrow as soon as the side delivery has mane made one double windrow across the field if the sulky rake Is used the crew will have to wait until the rake has gone several times across the field in the extent of the haying baying OP operations orations erat ions ling has to be considered of course cours on very small farms the use of tile the side de livery rake might not be tc economy onomy it if tile the weather Is iq clear and tile the hay there will be condition Is in proper no necessity for liay ilay ca caps Ps or for further labor till the hay Is hauled liau led but hay caps capa will pay tor for themselves weather Is bad when tile the in one year they are more especially n needed with clover alfalfa and pea vines ill all i of which cure slowly it if hay bay I 1 Is s to be bunched the hand method Is too expensive A tw two o horse borse bunch 30 acres or more alky rake can drive it just as 09 a flay day and a boy can even more labor can well as a man bo fc saved however by using the push lunch it has haa been rake to bunch hay bay after raked into the windrow it Is L good plan to have two men working together to round up the bunches since more mora can be accomplished than when each works alone it Is a waste ot of ofte fx pitch liay hay onto a small hayrack on a high wheeled wagon use a large hayrack on a low wheeled wagon loading hay bay with Is the hardest sl slowest oNiest and most expensive way the men are working constantly but the alie horses are doing nothing roost most of the time if a loader is used the tha hardest part of the work Is done by the horses and the men can handle about 30 per cent more hay bay save labor on the stack the push rake furnishes the most economical method of hauling hay to the stack barn or hay press if the distance Is not much more than one fourth fourtly of a mile one man or a boy with a good push rake and a team used to the work will handle times as much liay hay as two men with a small rack on a big high wheeled wagon stacking hay with a push rake ano and nn in overshot stocker stacker mounted on wheel nearly all of the back bach breaking work mork of the om pitchfork method with a yield ot of one to one and a halt half tons to the acre two mer on the stack can easily handle all the hay brought in by three push rakes accomplishing a vast saving in laboi and hay over the pitchfork method another method not so good but still vastly better than the pitchfork method Is a stacker equipment with a bouble harpoon fork the outfit can b made at home and will cost very little compared with the labor it savis but harder work Is necessary to get the hay on the stack than with atie abe overshot stack stacker er when hay Is to be baled from it field one man by working in the afternoon can round up enough hay which has been bun bunched clied by push rakes to keep the he press going next morning until the dew is gone from the hay in the windrow when the hay Is not thus rounded up the crew will lose two hours or more on mornings when there Is a heavy dew carelessness in setting the press may result in loss of labor when the press Is properly set two men can get plenty of hay to it from the stack |
