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(4) Fruit growing is especially well adapted to the uplands. This 

 industry promises to be one of the most profitable for that region. 



(5) Poultry farming is yielding very satisfactory profits on many 

 of the farms investigated. It appears to be well suited to small 

 areas in both the valleys and uplands. 



(6) A careful study of the conditions seems to show that a combi- 

 nation of fruit and poultry, especially winter egg production, would 

 be very satisfactory on many of the smaller hill farms. 



(7) Inasmuch as several farmers engaged in each of the types of 

 farming are making good profits, it would seem that the particular 

 type is not so important as the management of the farm. At the 

 same time it is a matter of no small importance that the type of 

 farming should be adapted to the local conditions of topography, 

 soil, and markets. 



(8) The most successful farmers are not as a rule following meth- 

 ods of farm practice different from those of the unsuccessful, but are 

 utilizing their land and equipment to much better advantage. 



(9) The better farmers are making greater profits, not by spending 

 less but by taking in more. 



Approved : 



James Wilson, 



Secretary. 



Washington, D. C, January 5, 1911, 



[Clr. 75] 



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