Results Which May Be Attained 



It ought to be the aim of every farmer to accomplish 

 these definite results : 



Increase profits by enlarging production at a fixed ex- 

 pense. 



Diversify crops and all other profits so as to distribute 

 labor evenly throughout the year. 



Secure a regular income at all seasons by supplying 

 customers with poultry and dairy products, vegetables, 

 beef, pork, etc. 



Shorten the work-day to ten hours, provide a comfort- 

 able home, improve the appearance of the premises and 

 try to make life enjoyable. 



Let the young people have a little money from the pro- 

 duction of fruit, flowers, vegetables and experimental 

 crops. Teach them to plan work for themselves and to 

 love the country. 



There are farmers who have delightful homes and who 

 give the young people all reasonable advantages, but they 

 are an exception to the rule. Country life is made dull 

 and distasteful, as a general proposition, by long hours, 

 drudgery and a lack of social interests. This explains 

 the large exodus of young people to town, when they 

 could be happier and more prosperous in the country. 



The American farmer, however, has not been doing 

 justice to himself. He has stuck too closely to those 

 products which pay the smallest profits, and he has not 

 sold his goods to the best advantage. By a lack of 

 diversity in production he has continually borne a risk of 

 total failure. 



The difference in yield between the land properly 



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