64 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS 



warm, dry days of early summer finds his harvest light, and he 

 who delays the cultivation of his corn for one week after it is 

 large enough to plow will have a weedy field and a poor crop. 

 Success in farming demands that all other classes of work be 

 kept out of the way of work which by nature must be done at 

 a definite time to secure best results. This class of work is 

 often called rush work, not because it should be done poorly, 

 but because the profits of the farm depend upon the doing a 

 maximum of this work and doing it well. In rush seasons one 

 should work the maximum day, expecting to relax when the 

 rush is over, but when this class of work demands attention 

 one should " do nothing to-day which can as well be put of until 

 to-morrow" in order to devote a maximum of effort to the rush 

 work. 



(2) Work which may be done any time within a wide lati- 

 tude requires the very especial attention of the farmer, because 

 the time comes when this work cannot be put off longer and it 

 may crowd the labor which can be done only at a definite time. 

 For example, seed corn may be tested and shelled at any time 

 after it is thoroughly cured, but if neglected until the fields are 

 ready to plant, this most profitable work of the farm may be 

 delayed. It takes a better manager to perform all these tasks 

 in seasons when there is no rush work than it does to concentrate 

 on rush work, for the season calls the farmer to the task which 

 must keep pace with nature, while it is only the power of the 

 mind which takes thought of future needs and anticipates these 

 wants by making the needed preparation. The rule to follow 

 when there is no rush work pressing for immediate attention 

 and which must be enforced with methodical and industrious 

 habits if the farmer is to rank high as a manager is found in the 

 old phrase " Put off nothing until to-morrow which can be done 

 to-day," in order to be free to devote a maximum of time to the 

 rush work when it comes. 



(3) There is much work which should be done in order to 

 keep the farm looking tidy and to make life on the farm more 

 livable which is often left undone indefinitely. Many a farmer 

 has neglected beautifying his lawn because it is not connected 



