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                              Exhibit 31.2

                             CERTIFICATIONS

Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Public Law
Number107-204), the Chief Financial Officer of the Company certifies
that:

1. I have reviewed this report on Form 10-K of Art's-Way Manufacturing Co.,
   Inc.;

2. Based upon my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
   statement of a material fact, or omit to state a material fact necessary
   in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances
   under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to
   the period covered by this report;

3. Based upon my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
   information included in this report, fairly present in all material
   respects the financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows
   of the Company as of, and for, the period presented in this report;

4. The Company's other certifying officers and I are responsible for
   establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
   defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company
   and have:

   (a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
       disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
       supervision, to ensure that material information relating to
       the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries is made known
       to us by others within those entities, particularly during
       the period in which this report is being prepared;

   (b) evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls and
       procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
       effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end
       of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

   (c) Disclosed in this report any change in the Company's internal control
       over financial reporting that occurred during the Company's most recent
       fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
       materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial
       reporting; and

5. The Company's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on
   our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,
   to the Company's auditors and the audit committee of the Company board
   of directors (or persons performing equivalent functions):

   (a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
       operation of internal controls over financial reporting which could
       adversely affect the Company's ability to record, process, summarize,
       and report financial information; and

   (b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
       employees who have a significant role in the Company's internal control
       over financial reporting.

/s/ John C. Breitung
John C. Breitung
Chief Financial Officer

2/23/04
Date


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