In one sentence, describe what the following article is about: You probably aren't starting a farm all on your own.  Typically you want at least two or three people to help you run the farm and establish policies and procedures to help the farm operate smoothly and efficiently.  Write out job descriptions and discuss development of the farm and any gaps in funding or equipment you still need. For example, you may have one person who is in charge of harvesting, one in charge of planting, and one in charge of the marketing and sales operations of your farm. You also want to establish farm safety policies, both for the people who work there and for any visitors you may have. For example, you may require specific training before anyone can operate large farm machinery, and prohibit anyone from operating farm machinery if they are under the influence of alcohol or particular drugs or medications. Farming is a dangerous business, and there are a lot of risks involved. In addition to basic liability insurance, you may want to take out crop, revenue, and livestock insurance.  Crop insurance protects you and your farm in case a disaster affects your crops. It also guarantees a minimum income each year, based on the number of acres you've planted. Contact your local farm services office to find out what types of insurance are available and the locations of companies that offer them so you can shop around for rates. If you still need to get financing, having crop insurance can open the doors to more financing options. Your farm is a much more attractive investment when you have crop insurance because the lender knows you'll pay the money back. If you don't have the funds to get your farm up and running, you have several options, including loans. The federal government typically doesn't offer grants to people starting a small farm, but there are subsidies and other assistance available. Some of the money available depends on whether your farm is a hobby farm or whether you intend it to be profitable. There aren't as many loans available for hobby farms, and many government subsidies are only available to working farms. When it's time to harvest, you may need extra hands to help you pick and harvest your crops for the season. If you plan to hire full-time employees, you may need to brush up on wage and hour standards for employees, as well as tax-withholding requirements. Bringing in day labor typically isn't as regulated as hiring regular full- or part-time employees, but you still need to check with your state government and make sure you're complying with any applicable minimum wage law, and with child labor and other laws. If you want your farm to be profitable, you must keep meticulous daily and weekly records of farm and financial data, such as amounts of crops harvested and sold or the number of hours farmhands worked. You can keep records on paper by hand, or use accounting or record-keeping software.  Your local farm group or agriculture extension program may have classes on common accounting and record-keeping software. It doesn't matter what system you use as long as you use it. A computer app won't be better than a spiral-bound notebook if you never turn it on. Set aside at least 10 minutes a day to update your records. Even when you're just starting, you still should be networking to find customers for your farm. Local restaurants can be a good place to start, and discounts to your first few customers will help get your farm moving.  For example, you might offer a discount if a customer refers someone else to your farm who ends up buying from you. Better yet, give the discount to both the new customer and the person who referred them. Set up pages on social media so you can talk to and interact with people and spread the word about your farm. You also may want to put ads in restaurant-industry trade publications or on trade websites.
Summary: Assemble your management team. Set up all necessary insurance. Secure any financing. Hire farm labor. Set up your records and bookkeeping systems. Develop promotions and marketing channels.

In one sentence, describe what the following article is about: If you’re sending out hundreds of Christmas cards, it may be necessary to type out the addresses in order to save time. However, if it’s manageable, personalize your Christmas cards by writing the addresses by hand.  Postal services such as the USPS prefer that you use all caps, whether writing or typing the address. Remember that neatness counts! Use your beautiful cursive writing inside the letter and stick to block capital letters on the envelope. While it’s a nice touch to write your return address by hand as well, it’s also fine to use pre-printed address labels with a holiday theme. Make sure your return address is correct and easy to read, however.  Your return address typically goes in the top left corner of the envelope, but this may vary based on where you’re sending the letter. Always include a return address. It makes it less likely that your card will be permanently lost in the mail, and it lets your recipient know who sent the card before they even open it. See if your postal service has holiday themed stamps for sale. Writing extra things like “Season’s Greetings” or “Happy Holidays” on the envelope may delay delivery of your Christmas card. Place only the necessary address information on it so it’s easier for the postal service to sort and deliver.  The same goes for pictures of sleigh bells, Christmas trees, Nativity scenes, and the like. Extra writing and images can confuse both machine readers and human sorters.
Summary: Write the address neatly by hand to personalize your card. Use festive return address labels, if desired. Avoid adding unnecessary images or wording to the front of the envelope.

In one sentence, describe what the following article is about: Most credit cards (and other types of plastic cards) have a thickness of 30 mil, which comes out to around 0.76 millimeters (0.762 mm, to be exact). It isn’t the most exact measuring tool, but it may be close enough for tasks that require you to have a rough idea of how something measures up in millimeters.  If you don’t have a credit card handy, stack 10 sheets of 8 1⁄2 in (22 cm) x 11 in (28 cm) printer paper on top of each other to get a layer that’s about 1 millimeter thick. This may be harder to work with than a single plastic card, though. A “mil” is a little-used imperial unit that corresponds to one thousandth of an inch, and is not to be confused with millimeters. Align the outer edge of the card with your chosen starting point on the object. Imagine that the card is a ruler, and that the edge is the 0mm line. For this method, you’ll essentially be adding up 1 millimeter at a time in order to find the one of the object’s given dimensions. Run the tip of your writing utensil down the card to trace a line long enough to be plainly visible. This marks a distance of 0.762 millimeters between the end of the object and your first line. You’ll be drawing a number of lines quite close together, so use light pressure to make the line as thin as possible. Sharpening your pencil or using a pen with an ultra-fine point will help. This line will be 1.52 millimeters from your starting point. Reset your card on the far edge of your second line and draw another. Continue measuring and marking in small increments until you reach the end of the object, then count up the number of individual spaces.  Make sure you count the spaces between the lines and not the lines themselves, since there will be 1 too many. To increase your precision a bit, count every 4 lines as 3 millimeters total. This will help make up the difference, since the card isn’t exactly 1mm thick.
Summary:
Grab a normal credit card. Stand the card up on a piece of paper beside the object you’re measuring. Use a pen or pencil to draw a thin line along the inner edge of the card. Slide the card down to the other side of the line and repeat the process.