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visits, so that portion of the work is being handled through cor- 

 respondence only. 



A labor bureau, through which the" members may secure 

 more adequate farm help, is a department of the association doing 

 a good work. Many calls come from members desiring help and 

 numbers of requests from men desiring work. Through the 

 association these men are brought together. 



The information bureau, through which many questions 

 concerning the farm will be answered as thoroughly and quickly 

 as possible, is another source of benefit for the members. 



The Farm Management Association holds its annual meet- 

 ing at Columbia during Farmers' Week, when plans for the 

 succeeding year and general policies of the association are 

 discussed. 



BETTER UTILIZATION RATHER THAN GREATER 



PRODUCTION. 



(D. H. Doane, professor of farm management. University of Missouri.) 



There are four fundamental or underlying principles for 

 successful farm management in Missouri. In 

 the following these four principles will be 

 stated and the last one briefly discussed: 



1. The size of the business must be com- 

 paratively large. — For general farming in Mis- 

 souri we should have at least 100 to 160 acres. 

 WK F'A. 2. The farm operations should be diversi- 



^^^^ fied. — The old saying, "Put all your eggs in 

 JJI^H one basket and watch the basket," may be 

 correct as it applies to eggs, but it does not 

 D. H. Doane. apply to Missouri farming. 



3. Man and horse labor must be productively employed 

 throughout the year. — This simply means that the farmer, his 

 hired help and his work stock must be kept busy at a kind of 

 labor that will bring a return. 



4. Soil, crops and stock have the broadest utilization. — This 

 principle has to do with the use of the product grown on the 

 farm. 



In discussing the last principle it would be well to look at 

 a few concrete examples: Three years ago on one of our demon- 

 stration farms the corn yield in a particular field was 15 bushels 



