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1. Plan the work to make as few jobs as possible. 



2. Reduce the motions required for each job to the smallest number. 



3. Organize the motions left to require the least possible energy, 



A 4-Step plan. Farm work simplification principles can be applied 

 to any fann job in four steps. 



Step 1. Break down the job into all its operations. A Job is a definite, 

 complete piece of work such as spraying trees. An Operatio n is 

 part of a job. The job of spraying might consist of the~se opera- 

 tions--hauling the sprayer to the water supply, filling the spray- 

 er with water, adding spray materials, travel to the orchard, and 

 applying spray. 



Step 2. Arialyze each operation, considering questions like these j 



1. Can the operation or part of it be left out? 



2. Can a substitute way be used? 



3. Can two or more operations be done at the same time? 



4. Can the order of the work be changed so that fewer operations 

 would be required? 



5. Can some tool, device or piece of equipment (perhaps home made) 

 make the work easier? 



6. Can extra travel be saved by planning, changing the places 

 where tools, equipment and supplies are kept? 



7. Can the operation be made easier by arranging it so both hands 

 can help? 



Step 3. Develop a new and better way for doing the job which will* 



1. Eliminate unnecessary/ operations. 



2. Combine two or more operations. 



3. Change the order of the operations so that time and labor will 

 be saved. 



4. Make possible the use of some tool, equipment or device which 

 will make the work easier, 



5. Improve the arrangement of tools, equipment and supplies to 

 save time and effort. 



6. Make it possible for the left hand to do as much work as the 

 right hand. 



Step 4, Apply "the new and improved way for doing the job. 



In doing some types of work it may take a little time for the worker 

 to become acoustomed to the new method and he may not save much time and ef- 

 fort in the beginning. Hov/ever, by continuing the new method he soon develops 

 new habits. Where distances traveled^are lessened by rearrangement of the 

 order in which work is done, or by placement of tools and equipment the re- 

 sults are obvious. 



— Roy E. Moser 



If snow is "the poor man's mulch," as some folks claim, 



we're certainly w-Talthy in Amherst this winter. To date, 



according to the local V^eather Bureau, vre've had 44^ 

 inches. 



