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But a man cannot ordinarily care for as many as 20 or 25 

 cows. This would mean full work seven days in the week, 

 with no one to take the work if the man got sick. But 

 two men can take care of this number of cows and work 

 about half time at other things. If one man is away or 

 sick, it is then possible to get the chores done. The two 

 men can raise feed for horses, and hay and silage and some 



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FIG. 41. Distribution of man labor on 18 cows and 11 other cattle. 

 White is milk hauling. 



grain for the cows, and in addition can raise cash crops 

 to sell or do other kinds of work. 



If the wife and children help milk, this provides for the 

 extra help needed at milking time. One man can do his 

 share of the milking, haul the milk, and, with a little 

 help in harvest, raise the feed for twenty or thirty cows. 

 If his wife and children milk, he may have a full year's 

 work. This is merely another way of saying that dairying 

 is only a partial day's work. The wife helps with the 

 milking anil does housework between milkings, or the chil- 



