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is followed, there will be field work to be done that will 

 require the greater part of the year. Fall plowing for wheat 

 is done during a slack season and with horses and imple- 

 ments that would otherwise be idle if winter wheat was not 

 going to be raised. Two crops are raised with the same farm 

 equipment that would be required to raise either one. This 

 means economy of production. If one farmer can work his 

 teams for only three months in the year while his neighbor, 

 who follows diversified farming, can work his nine months to 

 advantage, then the first farmer's teams cost him three times 

 as much per day as do the teams belonging to his neighbor. 

 The greatest advantage to be gained by extending farm 

 operations over as long season as possible is due to the fact 

 that labor can be economically employed by the year. Labor 

 which can be employed by the year not only costs less per 

 day but it is of superior quality to labor which is employed 

 by the day or week. Men employed steadily take more inter- 

 est in their work and are better men. Our own experience 

 has taught us that the most dependable farm hands are mar- 

 ried men. For this reason we employ married farm help by 

 the year and furnish them with comfortable houses in which 

 to live. While the first cost of the married man is greater 

 than single help with board furnished, the married man will 

 prove to be cheaper in the end and certainly much more 

 reliable. We plan our crop rotations partly with a view to 

 giving employment throughout the year. 



ROTATION LESSENS THE DANGER OF CROP Loss 



While corn is the most certain money crop grown in the 

 Corn Belt, its yield is easily cut down one-half by weather 

 conditions when wheat, oats or legumes might be hurt little 

 if any. Crop rotation and diversified farming make for more 



