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FARM MANAGEMENT 



Sharpen mower sickles. 



Mix fertilizer. 



Sharpen posts for fence. 



Prune orchard and other trees. 



Clean seed. 



Repair buildings, particularly inside work. 



If the farm is in a region where wood-lots pay, the 

 work in the woods getting out posts and lumber and fuel 

 will provide work for good days. 



Such crops as hay and grain may be marketed in the 

 winter. 



Near cities, some of the teams and men do teaming work 

 in winter ; near forests, they sometimes do lumbering. 



FIG. 72. Homo mixing of fertilizers, good work for winter. 



If one keeps a memorandum of work, there will always 

 be plenty to do on a diversified farm. The winter is also 



