80 ARID AGRICULTURE. 



tries to farm more than eighty acres. This will 

 depend largely on the kind of crop raised. If in- 

 tensive cropping is done with sugar beets or 

 potatoes in proper rotation the small farm pays 

 best. If the land is all in alfalfa and pasture, 

 larger areas can be managed. 



It is safe to say that a great majority of new 

 comers to the West buy at the start from two to 

 ten times as much land and water right as they 

 should. 



There are many specialties in irrigation 

 FARMING farming. Raising crops for sale is pure farm- 



ing. This kind of fanning requires special 

 knowledge of the subject in order to keep up the 

 soil fertility, and practice culture suitable to the 

 crop produced. 



Mixed farming is surer requires more gen- 

 eral and less special knowledge, helps in the 

 economy of living, diversifies the farmer's inter- 

 ests, keeps up soil fertility and makes one thing 

 pay expenses while another may build a bigger 

 bank account. The products from poultry, cows 

 and pigs distribute the money income thru the 

 year, and make it less necessary to borrow money 

 at the bank, at interest, to pay expenses until 

 crops may be sold. Garden and animal products 

 secured with home labor save important items of 

 cash outlay in the household expenses. There 

 may be more or less pasture or range to use 

 which will decrease the expense of keeping stock. 



