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FARM MECHANICS 



buildings and more power, which means that the 

 farmer is employing auxiliary machinery and other 

 modern methods to enhance values. 



In other manufacturing establishments raw mate- 

 rial is worked over into commercial products which 

 bring several times the amount of money paid for the 

 raw material. 



Figure 104. Farm Hoists. Two styles of farm elevating hoists 

 are shown in this illustration. Two very different lifting jobs are 

 also shown. 



The principle is the same on the farm except that 

 when a farmer raises the raw material he sells it to 

 himself at a profit. When he feeds it to live-stock and 

 sells the live-stock he makes another profit. When the 

 manure is properly handled and returned to the soil 

 he is making another profit on a by-product. 



Farming carried on in this way is a complicated 

 business which requires superior knowledge of business 

 methods and principles. In order to conduct the busi- 



