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calculating the net profit which these crops can be made to 

 yield. The crops being chosen which will, one year with another, 

 enable the farmer to win the largest net profit, they should be 

 arranged in the field system in such a manner as best to supple- 

 ment each other in their demands upon the soil. 



It has been the purpose of this chapter to outline the think- 

 ing which the farmer needs to do in order to keep his system of 

 cropping adjusted to the conditions of the market in such a 

 manner as to yield maximum results. There are other reasons 

 for studying market conditions, but this chapter emphasizes 

 one most important occasion for keeping posted on market 

 prices. Much has been said in recent years about farmers 

 controlling their products in order to secure fair prices. With- 

 out going into the question of organized control, attention is 

 here called to the fact that if every farmer will produce the 

 crops which pay best on his farm, this in itself will " cut out the 

 losses and let the profits run on," and may be a more feasible 

 plan than attempting to have prices artificially raised because 

 a given farmer is producing at a loss. 



