142 FARM MANAGEMENT 



farming is the raising of corn and oats for sale, together 

 with hogs, dairying, colts, and eggs. Many of the success- 

 ful farms sell all of these products. Corn and hogs are 

 usually the most important sales. Near cities, milk is 

 often the major product. But the most successful dairy 

 farms combine corn and hogs with dairying. 



As we go west, oats, corn, and hogs decrease and wheat 

 increases. For central Nebraska and Kansas, the most 

 successful types of farming combine wheat as the major 

 cash crop, with colts, eggs, cows, and hogs. Still farther 

 west, wheat, colts, cattle, and eggs are the most important 

 sales. 



Going north from the corn-belt, the most generally prof- 

 itable type of farming is to raise wheat, oats, and barley as 

 cash crops, combined with cows, colts, eggs, and some hogs. 



In the South, most of the successful farms make cotton 

 the major cash crop, and combine corn and hogs or other 

 live-stock. Hay is grown for home use. 



It is better to have two to four important products 

 than one. It is usually not desirable to have a lot of 

 little things. Except when grown for home use only, 

 there should be enough of the product so that it can be 

 produced economically. 



REFERENCES 



Seasonal Distribution of Labor on the Farm, W. J. Spillman, 

 U. S. Dept. Agr., Yearbook, 1911, pp. 269-284. 



New York, Cornell Bulletin 295. 



What is Farm Management, U. S. Dept. Agr., Bureau of Plant 

 Industry, Bulletin 269, pp. 16-23. 



The Place of Economies in Agricultural Education and Research, 

 Wisconsin, Research Bulletin, 16 pp. 119-125. 



Farm Management, F. W. Card, pp. 73-78. 



Seedtime and Harvest Average Dates ' of Planting and Har- 

 vesting in the United States, U, S, Dept. Agr., Yearbook, 

 1910, pp. 488-494, 



