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limiting factor of the few cows which one man 

 can milk. A farmer can raise the crops to feed 

 twice the herd that he can milk and the care 

 of the additional creatures, apart from milking, 

 is well within his capacity. As it is, he is kept 

 on half-work throughout the year because of 

 that one factor. The development of the milk- 

 ing machine may revolutionize the dairy. 



While it is very easy to figure out that the 

 dairyman does not receive a full wage for his 

 time, it is more difficult to plan a system of 

 farming which will supply him with work that 

 will prove more profitable at the end of the 

 year than the day in and day out work in the 

 dairy. 



Labor costs more than rent of land; conse- 

 quently it is more important to utilize the full 

 time of men and horses than it is to keep the 

 production of the land on high gear. An inter- 

 esting example of the necessity for efficiency in 

 labor comes from the cotton and wheat fields. 

 Each crop gives a fair division of labor 

 throughout the season. 



The cotton farmer, who works without hired 



