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FARM MANAGEMENT 



The one way to solve the labor problem is to organize 

 the farm business so well that the labor used on the farm 

 is unusually effective. In other words, to so manage the 

 farm work that a given amount of labor accomplishes 

 more than on the average farm. 



212. Using labor efficiently. The most striking dif- 

 ferences in the effective use of labor are due to size of 



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FIG. 67. Saving time on a Virginia farm. 



business. Our farms are not yet adjusted to our ma- 

 chinery. The farm that has the proper adjustment has 

 a very great advantage over the farm that is too small. 

 (See Chapters 7 and 8.) The type of farming also 

 limits the efficiency in use of labor, as discussed in 

 Chapter 3. 



The farm fields have not yet been adjusted to meet the 

 conditions called for with modern machinery. The 

 farmer who has hii| land in large fields has a great ad van- 



