32 THE NEW BUSINESS OF FAEMING 



man's courage and makes him face the world 

 with a twinkle in his eye. This phase of the 

 matter is especially important for a man from 

 the city, accustomed to weekly or monthly 

 checks. Despise not the cow, with her daily 

 yield of milk and butter. 



Diversity equalizes the farm work and 

 spreads it over a larger part of the season. 

 Even the cautious writers of the Bureau of 

 Farm Management at Washington forget their 

 habitual care when writing of diversity. One 

 of them says : "If the working equipment can 

 be all kept busy on paying enterprises, success 

 is almost assured.' ' 



Labor is the chief item of cost in farming. 

 Large area contributes to economy in labor; 

 therefore the size of the farm is important. 

 Capital is needed to buy the large farm or to 

 intensify the few acres of the florist or the 

 truck gardener so as to economize labor. Diver- 

 sity is as important as either size or capital, 

 because it contributes to economy of labor and 

 the utilization of equipment. It corresponds 

 in business to the use of the by-product which 

 often makes the whole profit of the concern, 



