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be eliminated. This principle comes prominently into play in the husking 

 of corn, pitching of grain and in all work where many motions of the hands 

 are called for. With the same effort, a skilled workman will often accom- 

 plish more than an unskilled one. Time is saved on the part of both men 

 and teams by hauling large loads. The wagon constitutes a considerable 

 percentage of the load hauled. The larger the load, the less the relative 

 importance of the weight of the wagon. The movement of the large load 

 seldom requires more time than the small one unless it involves a slower 

 speed or resting the team. Much time may be saved by making the 

 loads large. This is especially true when the haul is long. 



Workman's Attitude. — One working for another should always endeavor 

 to earn more than he receives. The employment of both capital and labor 

 is supposed to be at some profit. The employee who recognizes this is the 

 one first likely to receive promotion. 



Saving Horse Labor. — The value of work-horses and the high cost of 

 their maintenance make necessary their fullest possible employment on 

 the farm in order to make the farm pay. This calls for a distribution of 

 the horse work so as to increase the average hours of labor per horse as 

 much as possible. Investigations show that on many farms the farm work- 

 horse averages only about three hours of work for the work days in the 

 year. Good management has enabled farmers to increase this in some cases 

 to six or seven hours daily. 



Horse labor may also be economized by using cheap horses, by feeding 

 them on low-grade roughage when not being worked, and by using brood 

 mares and raising colts. 



REFERENCES 



'"Farm IManagement." Boss. 



"Farm Management." Warren. 



South Carolina Expt. Station Bulletin 84. "The One Horse Farm." 



U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Statistics, Bulletin 26. "Wages of Farm Labor in 



the United States." 

 U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Year-Book 1911, pages 269-284. "Seasonal Distribution of 



Labor." 

 U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry, Bulletin 269, pages 16-23. " What 



is Farm Management?" 



