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Distribution of Labor on Potatoes, Cabbages, and Apples . 118 



Distribution of Labor on Beef Cattle, Sheep, and Hogs ' . 119 



Distribution of Labor on Poultry 121 



DIVERSIFIED FARMING ON DAIRY FARMS : 



Labor Distribution in Dairying ...... 122 



Other Reasons for Diversified Farming on Dairy Farms . 127 

 Relation of Diversified Fanning to Profits on Wholesale 



Market Milk Farms ........ 128 



COMBINING FARMING WITH OTHER ENTERPRISES , . . 131 



EXTRA LABOR AVAILABLE IN SUMMER ..... 132 

 EXAMPLES OF SUCCESSFUL TYPES OF FARMING : 



Successful Farms in New York 133 



Successful Types of Farming in Various Regions . . . 141 



CHAPTER 4 

 INTENSIVE AND EXTENSIVE FARMING 



WATS OF MEASURING PROFIT : 



Ways of Measuring Profit . 143 



Theory of Limitation of Land ...... 144 



Land a Small Part of the Cost of Production . . . 146 



Profits per Acre and Profits per Fanner .... 146 



INTENSIVE AND EXTENSIVE ENTERPRISES : 



Comparison of Intensive and Extensive Enterprises . . 151 



Relation of Intensive and Extensive Crops to Capital . . 152 



Relation of Crop to Soil and Treatment .... 154 



INTENSIVE AND EXTENSIVE METHODS : 



How Large a Crop does it Pay to Grow ? . . 157 



Increased Production due to Natural Causes . . . 159 



Weather Risk and Intensive Methods ..... 159 



Business Interpretation of Fertilizer Tests . . . .160 



An Example of Cost Accounts in the Use of Fertilizers . 163 



Crop Yields on Successful Farms ...... 167 



Comparative Importance of Production and Size of Business 169 



Comparative Importance of Yields, Size, and Diversity . 171 



Raising the Maximum Yield of Potatoes .... 172 



INTENSIVE AND EXTENSIVE METHODS OF DAIRYING : 



Adaptation to Conditions ....... 173 



The Soiling System Keeping the Greatest Number of Cows 



per Acre .......... 177 



Receipts per Cow and Profits 180 



INTENSIVE METHODS SHOULD BE PROPERLY BALANCED . . 181 



