The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-07-24

The hay crop. even when the labo
supply is normal, causes more Worr'
anxiety, and disappointment than an
|, other crop. The time for harVesuh
Is comparatively short. Other crop
require attention at the same tin.
And the weather is TO be reckofu
with. This year, when farm laboraii
over the country is very scarce, 'iie
difficulties of haymaking will be 'ucl'
greater, and larger quantities nay
will be lost than usual-unless aDoF-
saving methods are more Seeiails
employed.
A great deal of labor is wfte'i e'-
erv wear during hay harvestS"S Spe-
cialists of the United STATE oel'art-
ment Of agriculture, not t'duSe VI
actual idleness on the ~ VI tile
workers, but because lahors eAl'ei'"eu
unnecessarily on operatii> ''i"t wv
not utilize it to the be ""H"ii'"e''
If an old method can be nP' S4'' ~
q new one that will e'"i' l'le sam
number Of men to a"''ii,i9i' ii''i
- 3, +,a eo,,o 10th of time. or
., ,,,o, 10 ,ccoplish the same
work in the same l'-'it VI 'iiii'' -
IN ,,,a,,, ,,,o,ro bo taved. more profit
TO the farmer ana petleI coii'l'loii
for the country.
Shift Burden FIN WAN 70 ''o'
.,.,o,,cb +borlS a scarcity of man
49,, .ha.o orstill plenty of horses
,,o,+ Co Ind herein largely lies
-. -a,,,.ta,, die problem On farms
~ neidhble hay is grown meth
-. ,,,,e+ !, adopted by which the
- If the heavy labor IS done
-, borsos This will neceSsitate the
r,Yoorn1 :, of certain types of labor
1T, ,..hinery. some of them not
an Gown N in the East, which have
,,oor .,,oughly tested and proved sat
;.eoo.a in the western part of the
Tat+o States. The small hay grower,
ho,rtr. need not make a very heavy
cment in new haying apparatus.
~ rearranging the working of his
orr and using a little more horse
,Jr for the hard work he can add
lsiderably to the efficiency of his
aw.
Here are some suggestions MADE Dy
he specialists for avoiding waste OF
abor in haymaking:
Do not run two or more mowers
lose together. If the front mower
as any trouble that causes it to stop,
II of the mowers usually wait while
apairs are made on one. There Is q
endency, also, for drivers to waste
20 much time talking when they stop
OCCASIONALLY to let the teams rest. A
God practice when two or more ma
hines are used is for each driver to
" off "land" for himself and work
ldependently, so there will be no In
difference from other machines.
Side Delivery Rake Is Best.
Do not turn hay by hand. 1t is too
,stly. The cheapest and most eff
ent way of stirring hay in the wind
wv is with q swo-horse tedder. One
an will do more work than u men
FIRING with hand forks. 1t is not
yen necessary to have man to run
e tedder. A boy big enough to drive
team will do just as much work.
\ one-horse rake operated by a
an makes raking very costly. |
vO-horse Sulky rake is better, but the |
de-deliyery rake is best. When cur |
g is done in the Swath and hay |
adler is used. the crew can start |
king the hay from the windrow as !
ION as the side delivery has made one |
,uble windrow across the field. If |
e sulky rake is used, the crew will
I'VE to wait until the rake has gone
veral times across the field. In this
after the extent of the haying opera
)ns has to be considered, of course.
n very small farms the use of the
rake might not be
onomy.
If the weather is clear and the hay
in proper condition, there will be no
.cessity for hay-caps or for further
Dor till the hay is thoroughly cured
ID ready to be hauled. But hay-capS
Ill pay for themselves in one year
hen the weather is bad. They are
ore especially needed with clover,
falfa and pea vines, all of which
re slowly.
If hay is to be punched. the hard
athOd is too expensive. a twO-hOrse
Ky rake can bunch 80 acres or more
day and boy can drive it just as
II as a map. Even more labor cen
saved. however, by using the push
Ike to bunch hay after ii has been
ked into the windrOw 1t is a good
tier to round up the punches, since
IRE can be accomplished than when
rh works alone.
t is a waste of time to pitch hay
to small hayrack on high
eeled wagon. Use large hayrack
a iow-wheeled wagon.
loading hay with pltchforks is the
rdest, slOwest and most expensive
V. The men are working constant
but the horses are doing nothing
st of the time. If loader is used. !
!. hardest part of the work is done !