XIV CONTENTS 



CHAPTER 11 



FARM LABOR 



MAN LABOR : PAGK 



Why Farm Labor is Scarce 330 



The Labor Problem for the Individual 331 



Using Labor Efficiently 332 



Work for Stormy Days 

 Winter Work 

 Hours of Labor 

 Management of Men 

 Profit Sharing 

 Farm Managers 



337 

 337 

 339 

 340 

 342 

 343 



HORSE LABOR : 



Cost of Horse Labor ........ 344 



Ways of Saving Horse Labor 346 



How Much Work Should a Horse Do ? . . . .348 



SUBSTITUTION OF ENGINES FOR HORSES : 



Engines Adapted to Heavy Work 349 



Engines Must Reduce Work at the Season of Greatest Pres- 

 sure 349 



PRODUCTIVE WORK UNITS ........ 360 



CHAPTER 12 

 FARM EQUIPMENT 



The Maintenance of Equipment 866 



Depreciation on Machinery ....... 856 



Machinery Costs 367 



Duty of Machinery 859 



What Machinery to Buy ' 861 



CHAPTER 13 



FARM LAYOUT 

 FIELD ARRANGEMENT : 



Size and Shape of Fields 865 



Distance to Fields 368 



Four Methods of Farm Layout 370 



Locating the Farmstead off the Highway .... 374 



Present Conditions on Farms 374 



Rearranging Farms 377 



