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Potatoes on the average will shrink 6 per cent from October 

 to February and 10 per cent from October to May. These 

 figures are useful as guides in determining whether a farmer 

 should sell the products in the fall or in the spring, considering 

 the average prices received. 



QUESTIONS 



1. What is meant by the term farm management? 



2. State some of the advantages and the disadvantages of farming 

 as a business. 



3. In selecting a region for farming what factors should be con- 

 sidered ? 



4. Why should the different fields of a farm be of nearly the same 

 size? 



5. What is the advantage of having a permanent lane connect the 

 pasture and the stable yard? 



6. Why should a farmer keep a set of account books ? 



7. What publications can a person secure free that will aid him in 

 making up a system of farm accounts for his own farm ? 



8. What are farm records and how do they differ from accounts ? 



9. Why should farm products be graded and packed carefully? 

 10. How much do potatoes usually shrink from October to Febru- 

 ary? 



EXERCISES 



1 . Farm inventory. Make a farm inventory of some farm in your 

 vicinity using as a guide the inventory given herewith which is from 

 Farmers' Bulletin 511. 



2. Choice of a farm. Choose some farm in the neighborhood as 

 one you intend to purchase and answer the questions as given in para- 

 graph 235. 



3. Farm accounts. Let each pupil, as far as practicable, adopt 

 either Farmers' Bulletin 572 or 782, and work up a set of farm accounts 

 for his father's or a neighbor's farm. 



4. Lay-out of a farm. Draw a map of a farm that has irregular- 

 shaped fields. Redraw, with fields arranged so that they are rectangular 

 and nearly of the same size. 



5. Cropping system of a farm. Plan a cropping system of a farm 

 taking into consideration the factors listed in paragraph 240. 



