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The proper diversification of farming operations is a 

 fit subject for much study by every intelligent farmer. It 

 has relation to all his work. It goes to the point of con- 

 serving soil elements and building up the soil by develop- 

 ment of the necessary humus, and it has relation to waste 

 and to partial manufacture as a part of farm work. The 

 diversification may come in a score of ways. It is not 

 best to carry it too far or to try all ways at once ; but careful 

 study of the subject in connection with the local conditions 

 and opportunities will point the right way. It is at least 

 quite proper to make a specialty of some one thing. 



In a large sense the science of proper culture of the soil 

 so as to make its properties available for the best results 

 is only one branch of the larger subject of properly mixing 

 the farm operations so as to get the most out of the soil. 



