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to our soil and climate, and by better methods of growing 

 and curing to secure greatest yields at least possible cost. 



2. Crops best suited to our line of business. A farmer 

 necessarily becomes a specialist : he gathers those kinds 

 of live stock about him which he likes best and which he 

 finds most profitable. He should, in carrying on his busi- 

 ness, do the same with crops. 



The successful railroad manager determines by practical 

 experience what distances his engines and crews ought to 



FIG. 201. FEEDING TIME 



run in a day, what coal is most economical for his engines, 

 what schedules best suit the needs of his road, what trains 

 pay him best. These and a thousand and one other matters 

 are settled by the special needs of his road. 



Ought the man who wants to make his farm pay be less 

 prudent and less far-sighted ? Ought he not to know his 

 farm as the railroad manager knows his road ? Should not 



