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until it has become so profitable that the other important 

 products have been dropped. Nearly all such farms were 

 more diversified in the early years. 



97. Successful types of farming in various regions. 

 - The most generally successful type of farming in New 

 York is dairying, combined with potatoes and hay or other 

 cash crops. Corn for the silo, hay, and oats are raised for 

 feed. Eggs are usually a minor product on such farms. 

 In those parts of the state where hay is cheap, colts are a 

 minor product. 



If the dairy cattle are pure-bred, the profits are usually 

 larger, but more capital is required. It usually pays to 

 gradually go into pure-breds as one's capital increases. 

 Occasionally, the pure-bred stock become so profitable 

 that it pays to drop the cash crops. But such cases are 

 rare. Farms that retain cash crops nearly always make 

 more than similar farms that omit such crops. 



If the land is not adapted to other crops, hay may be the 

 only cash crop. Those who have two or more cash crops 

 are usually doing better than those with one. 



The sale of milk for cities usually pays better than 

 selling butter fat to a creamery. Selling to a creamery 

 usually pays better than making butter. 



In some sections where the soil is particularly good, 

 cabbages, field beans, apples, potatoes, grapes, truck 

 crops, or canning factory crops are so profitable that live- 

 stock is somewhat reduced, or sheep and more young 

 stock are kept so as to leave the farmer free to raise 

 crops. 



The same general conditions prevail in Pennsylvania and 

 Ohio. In all these sections there is great diversity in 

 farming. 



For the corn-belt, the most generally successful type of 



