Download or read book Hay Harvesting Methods, Southeastern Nebraska, 1945 (Classic Reprint) written by Harry G. Sitler and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-08 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Hay Harvesting Methods, Southeastern Nebraska, 1945 The study from which this report resulted is a segment of a nation al project. The primary purpose of this project is to study the methods both new and old used by farmers in harvesting and curing hay to deter mine (1) the relationships between the principal methods of haymaking and efficiency in terms of investment in equipment, cash outlay, time required to complete he job, use of family labor, quality of hay, etc., and (2) the changes farmers are planning to make in their haying practices and equipment as a result of their experiences and recent developments in haying machines and mechanical power. This report describes three methods used in putting up hay in southeastern Nebraska and compares the three from the viewpoint of rela tive costs, labor inputs, investment, and time required for haying. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.