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PRINCIPLES OF FARM PRACTICE 



GAIN 



ALL 



MIXED 



STOCK 



DAIRY 



LOSS 



GRAIN FARMING 



.2500 



34200 



FARMING 



'/// /A 



FARMING 

 1100 



60 



FARMING 

 1200 ou 

 185 Nil 



managed, if there is not enough level land to raise corn and 

 other feed. On the other hand, the same farm might be 

 profitable if sheep, which require less intensive feeding, were 

 used; or if climate and soil were favorable, the farm might 

 be successfully devoted to fruit raising. Level-land farming 



is seldom successful in hilly 

 regions. 



But a farm, under the ' best 

 management and with a kind 

 of production suited to soil and 

 climate, still may not be made 

 profitable, if it is devoted to 

 perishable products and is remote 

 from market. 



Adaptation to soil and cli- 

 matic conditions and market 

 facilities are conditions for suc- 

 cess which must be met in each 

 of the three types of farming: 

 crop farming, stock farming, and 

 special farming. 



Crop farming. Crop farming 

 usually refers to that kind in 

 which 50 per cent or more of 

 the total farm receipts are de- 

 rived from the sale of grain or 

 cotton. The effect of crop farming on soil fertility has already 

 been pointed out. From a business standpoint, also, it has 

 been shown by reliable investigation to be, as a rule, less 

 profitable than stock farming. There are exceptions to this 

 rule in some places; for instance, the great wheat-growing 

 region of the Pacific Coast. But even here there are many 



Diagram showing effect of type 

 of farming on store of plant 

 food in soil. Figures estimated 

 on basis of 160 acres. Gain or 

 loss expressed in pounds. (Adapted 

 from Vivian: Ohio State Agri- 

 cultural College.) 



