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Chakt a. — Annual cycle of productive activity at Shonto. 



to be kept very busy for nearly 2 months. Shearing and wool sales 

 begin before planting has been completed and continue until the mid- 

 dle of June. Livestock credit accounts are terminated. At the same 

 time the earliest railroad calls are received, and eligibility for un- 

 employment compensation ends for all claimants. Betatakin's two 

 seasonal employees go to work during April and May. 



During shearing season Shonto lives largely on surplus income 

 from its wool sales, and immediately thereafter credit against fall 

 lamb sales begins. Railroad workers move out in large numbers 

 throughout the summer, and by August are sending home a significant 



