THE YOUNG FARMER 



and if so the nature of it, either among the 

 persons living there or the domestic animals 

 kept. 



Aside from healthfulness, climate is a 

 fundamental and controlling factor, both in 

 productiveness and economic farm manage- 

 ment. Temperature and rainfall affect the 

 number of days that work can be performed 

 upon the land and hence affect materially 

 the economy of labor. It is this fact that 

 prevents the systematic organization of 

 labor so common in manufacturing and 

 transportation. The climate also affects the 

 cost of producing live stock by modifying 

 the food and shelter required. 



The climate of a region is Dest studied 

 from the reports of the United States 

 Weather Bureau rather than from the state- 

 ments published by interested parties. So 

 far as the production of crops is concerned 

 the distribution of rainfall is more impor- 

 tant than the annual amount, as may be 

 shown by comparing the rainfall in such 

 places as Columbus. Ohio, and Lincoln, 

 Nebraska. 



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