FARM: ORGANIZATION IN SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA 
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and caring for livestock must be done every day regardless of the 
urgency of crop or other work. 
Distribution of Man Labor on a 160-Acre Farm 
OF 
LABOR 
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20 
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20 

60 
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60 
60 
40 
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160 
140 
120 
100 
80 
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100 
80 
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40 
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280 
260 
240 
220 
200 
180 
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120 
100 
80 
60 
40 
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Fig. 23.— The labor program on the diversified farm is made up of the labor on a number of crop 
and livestock enterprises and other labor of a miscellaneous character. The farmer must con- 
sider the time at which the different enterprises require attention in deciding which ones to 
include in his business 
In planning the labor program of the farm it is necessary to com- 
bine the crop and livestock enterprises in such a way that the sum cf 
