CHAPTEE III 



DIVERSITY 



There are three big reasons for diversity on 

 the farm. 



Diversity is an insurance against crop fail- 

 ure, it is a method of equalizing work through- 

 out the season, and it almost automatically 

 provides a rotation of crops. 



There are three little reasons against diver- 

 sity, and they are: 



First, that the specialized 'workman becomes 

 more skillful than the one who does many kinds 

 of work. Second, a farm with one crop can 

 have a better supply of tools adapted to that 

 crop than can one with many industries. Third, 

 a small farm can do business on a larger scale 

 if all the product is in one specialty. It is 

 sometimes given as a favorable factor for spe- 

 cialized farming that it is easier for the farmer 



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