ARGUMENTS FOR DIVERSIFIED FARMING 19 



Dairy farming and stock growing form an excellent 

 combination, and one that will improve the fertility of 

 the farm. Dairying and potato growing make another 

 good combination. The potatoes may be grown in the 

 same rotation of crops that is practised in growing food 

 for the dairy cattle. The work may be done with the 

 same help that is required to care for the dairy, and 

 very little horsepower is needed to handle the additional 

 crop. 



Take the ordinary crops of corn and wheat as ex- 

 amples. The western farmer who grows a large acreage 

 of corn and wheat finds he must plant his corn early and 

 push its cultivation so as to have it well out of the way 

 by the time the wheat is ready to harvest. Late planted 

 corn and wheat need attention at the same time, and one 

 or the other must suffer. 



A second consideration in diversified farming should 

 be to grow a rational rotation of crops, a rotation adapted 

 to the needs of the live stock, and one that will not 

 diminish the fertility of the soil for future crops. Corn, 

 wheat and clover constitute an excellent crop rotation, 

 and this may be lengthened a year to admit a cash market 

 crop. 



