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In portions of the State where it is not advisable to grow corn, the newly- 

 broken land is usually put into potatoes, rutabagas, oats, or oats and peas. 

 Barley, wheat, or rye do not adapt themselves as readily to first breaking 

 as do potatoes, oats, rutabagas, or oats and peas. 



Fig. No. 26. Boys' and Girls' Club camp, August 14-16, 1920. 



The settler who starts with a few head of high grade livestock and continues 

 to breed them to pure bred sires, and increases his numbers as rapidly as it 

 is possible for him to raise the winter feed, is much surer of success, than the 

 farmer who is indifferent about the blood lines of his stock. 



The kinds of stock to raise depend largely upon the likes and dislikes of 

 the individual owner, the type of soil, the amount of grazing land, the breed 

 that is most popular in the community, and the distance from the market. 

 The farmers adjacent to a railroad, creamery, or cheese factory find it to 

 their advantage to go into the dairy business, with hogs and sheep as a side 

 line, raising principally stock feeds, with possibly potatoes for a cash crop. 

 On this type of farm a silo is usually a good investment. 



The farmer farther back from a railroad or market center will find it to his 

 advantage to raise sheep and beef cattle, in preference to specializing in the 

 dairy business, as land is usually cheaper in these localities. This makes 

 cheaper grazing. The farmer should, however, plan on producing at least 

 one cash crop. That crop should be the one best suited to the conditions, 

 which probably would be potatoes, peas, wheat, rye, or clover seed. The 

 principal work would be raising large quantities of clover, barley, oats, silage 

 crops, and rutabagas, the varieties of these crops depending somewhat upon 

 the soil conditions. 



