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                       CERTIFICATIONS

I, Carrie L. Majeski, certify that:

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

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
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 on 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 small business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in
this report;

4. The small business issuer's other certifying officer(s) 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))
and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange
Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the small business issuer and
have:

    (a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
        disclosure control and procedures to be designed under our
        supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
        small business issuer, including 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) Designed such internal controls over financial reporting, or caused
        such internal controls over financial reporting to be designed
        under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
        realiability of financial reporting and the preparation of
        financial statements for external purposes in accordance with
        generally accepted accounting principles;

    (c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer'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 evaluaction; and

    (d) Disclosed in this report any change in the small business issuer's
        internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the
        small business issuer's most recent fiscal quarter (the small business
        issuer's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that
        has most recent fiscal affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
        affect, the small business issuer's internal control over financial
        reporting; and

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

    (a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design
        or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
        reasonably likely to adversely affect the small business issuer'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 small business
        issuer's internal control over financial reporting.



Date: October 14, 2004                 /s/ Carrie L. Majeski
                                       ----------------------------
                                       Chief Financial Officer

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