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there have been, and rehearse what 

 work could have been done despite 

 the rain, such as washing and pitch- 

 ing the wine vats, cleaning out the 

 barns, sorting the grain, hauling out 

 and composting the manure, clean- 

 ing seed, mending the old gear and 

 making new, mending the smocks and 

 hoods furnished for the hands. On 

 feast days the old ditches should be 

 mended, the public roads worked, 

 briers cut down, the garden dug, the 

 meadow cleaned, the hedges trimmed 

 and the clippings collected and 

 burned, the fish pond cleaned out. 

 On such days, furthermore, the 

 slaves' rations should be cut down as 

 compared with what is allowed when 

 they are working in the fields in fine 

 weather. 



When this routine has been dis- 

 cussed quietly and with good humor 

 and is thoroughly understood by the 

 overseer, you should give orders for 

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