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THE FARM AS A HOME FOR PERSONS OTHERWISE EMPLOYED? 



The Farm as a Home 36 



An Example of a City Man on a Farm .... 38 



SOME THOUGHTS FOR THE FARM BOY 41 



CHAPTER 2 



TYPES OF FARMING 



DEFINITIONS : 



Factors that Determine the Type of Farming ... 43 



EXAMPLES OF THE INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE, SOIL, AND TOPOG- 

 RAPHY : 



Corn 44 



Cotton 45 



Oats 46 



Potatoes 47 



Grass Crops 47 



Apples 49 



Truck Crops .......... 50 



Topography 50 



Animals .......... 50 



RELATION OF TRANSPORTATION TO TYPE OF FARMING : 



General Principles ........ 51 



Transportation and Crop Prices and Crop Production . . 52 



Relation of Cost of Production to Disposition of Crops . 55 

 Transportation as Affecting Hog Production . . .55 



Transportation as Affectirg Beef Production ... 59 

 Relation of Transportation to Sheep Production . .61 



Transportation in Relation to Horse Production ... 62 



Relation of Transportation to Dairying .... 63 



Transportation and Egg Production ..... 66 



Fruit and Vegetables in Relation to Transportation . . 68 



Marginal Regions ......... 69 



RELATION OF TRANSPORTATION TO DISTANCE TO MARKET OR 



SHIPPING POINT : 

 General Principles . . . . . . . .71 



Cost of Hauling 72 



Cost of Hauling Milk 73 



RELATION OF SUPPLY AND MARKET DEMAND TO TYPE OF FARM- 

 ING : 



Relation of Yield per Acre to Value of the Crop . . .76 

 Variation in Relative Values of Farm Products . .81 



