132 FARM MANAGEMENT 



family and farming to make a living are very different 

 problems. 



There are a few small manufacturing enterprises that 

 are carried on by farmers at spare time, but these are 

 very unusual and are constantly on the decrease. 



Nearly every kind of manufacturing enterprise requires 

 machinery and a considerable number of persons for 

 successful work. The farmer does not have enough men 

 to run an efficient factory. 



The factory equipment must be idle when the farm 

 work is being done. Usually this is just as serious as to 

 have horses or equipment idle on the farm. 



EXTRA LABOR AVAILABLE IN SUMMER 



95. There is more labor available in summer. It 



is not at all necessary that the farms provide as much 

 winter work as summer work. A very large part of the 

 summer work is done by the farmer's children who go to 

 school during the winter. Nearly all the farm boys who 

 are attending the colleges, high schools, and those who are 

 old enough from the district schools are helping on the 

 home farms in the summer. This is a vast army of 

 seasonal labor. Every town and city contains a number 

 of persons who because of age, health, or inclination do 

 not care to work all the year. Many of these persons go 

 out to help in harvest. There are many kinds of seasonal 

 occupations in cities that do not provide summer work. 

 Men from these industries often help in harvest. 



The long days in summer make it feasible to work more 

 hours than in winter. Factories are so well lighted that 

 season is ignored. The farmer works long days in summer 

 and short ones in winter. 



