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to hay or wheat field, as the case may be. He 

 might have put in more than ten hours, but the 

 proportion of time devoted to stock and to the 

 field would be equitable. 



We are of the opinion that if a farm-hand 

 works faithfully ten hours daily the year through, 

 no more should be required of him. I notice 

 that men who work but eight hours per day work 

 much faster and lose fewer odd minutes than 

 those who are kept at it twelve to fourteen hours 

 daily. In the end, it is economy to demand only 

 as many hours of men or teams as will enable 

 them to begin work each morning fresh and vig- 

 orous, and not with lassitude and pain due to 

 the continuous strain of working too many hours 

 daily. 



In like manner, the value of a team per day 

 or hour should be established. It may usually 

 be put down at 15 cents per hour. When but 

 one horse is used, half time is recorded. In the 

 above is included the expense of team and har- 

 ness, but not of the use of plow, wagon, or 

 other tools required to make the team useful. 

 These will be spoken of later. 



All accounts should be set down at the end of 

 each day. A boy or girl twelve years of age 

 can do this work, and be the better for it, if the 

 father or foreman dictate the transactions. The 

 work reports (or time books) and blotters should 



