16 CONTENTS 



Chapter 63. FACTORS THAT DETERMINE BEST TYPE OF FARMING. . . 792 

 The man — Climate — Soil — Topography — Location — Neighbors — Markets — 

 Transportation — Supply and demand — Animals — Labor — Competing types — 

 Natural enemies— Land values— Capital— Changing type of farming— Successful 

 types of farming. 



Chapter 64. COST OF PRODUCTION .800 



Cost depends on vields — Product per animal — Labor of men and teams — Equipment 

 —Land values- Taxes, insurance and depreciation — Intensity — Size of business — 

 Character of feed— Class of labor— Utilization— Amount of waste— Fertility of 

 land— Weather conditions— Weeds, insects and diseases— Efficiency— Reducing 

 expenses. 



Chapter 65. INTENSIVE AND EXTENSIVE FARMING 809 



Intensity depends on available land — Economizing land — Economizing labor — 

 Increasing, stationary and diminishing returns — Danger of under-production for 

 growing population— Profits per acre vs. profits per man — Intensive and extensive 

 enterprises — Relation of intensity to land values — Relation of intensity to labor — 

 Relation of intensity to type of farming — The most profitable yield — Crop yields 

 on successful farms— Intensity in dairying — Receipts per cow and profits — Relation 

 of cows to size of farm — Acres of, each crop — The soiling system — Proper balance 

 of intensity — Intensity related to citizenship. 



Chapter 66. SIZE AND DD7ERSITY OF FARM RELATED TO EFFICIENCY. . 822 



Diversified Farming. 

 Advantages of special farming — Advantages of diversified farming. 



Size of Farm. 

 Size depends on type of farming — Bonanza farms — Medium size farms superior — 

 The family size — The economical unit — Size economizes on buildings and fences — 

 Size economizes on equipment — Size economizes on man and horse labor — Size 

 related to crop yields — Advantages of buying and selling — Size of fields — Size 

 related to capital — Size related to dairying — Size of farms in the United States — 

 Size help- prevent the boys leaving farms — Small farms. 



Chapter 67. CROPPING AND FEEDING SYSTEMS 833 



The farm schenu — Crops related to farm management — Animals related to farm 

 management — Cropping and feeding systems are related — Adaptation of cropping 

 and feeding systems — Cropping systems related to food — Crop rotations — Crops 

 for cash or for feed — ( 'tops related to feed requirements — Changing cropping system 

 - Two rotations on the same farm — Combining fields — Fixed rotations with 

 irregular anas Feeding systems — Feeding system depends on type of farming — 

 feeding system related to cost of production — Feed units — Profits from cheap 

 crop products — Livestock gains in relation to feed — Corn silage as base for ration 

 — Balanced rations. 



Chapter 68. PLANNING THE FARM AND FARMSTEAD 844 



Location of the farmstead— Size of farmstead — Arrangement of orchard, garden 

 and lots- Grouping the buildings — Water supply — Relation of buildings to farm 

 — Sightliness and healthfulness— Size, shape and number of fields — Distance to 

 fields — Rotation groups — Farm lanes, roads and fences — Rearranging farms — 

 Crop ledger plan. 



Chapter 69. LAND RENTAL AND FARM TENANTRY 857 



Is tenantry desirable? — Relation to progress — Classes of land owners — Farming 



with small capital — Starting as a tenant — Basis of rental — Systems of rental — 

 < Sash rental — Advantages of share rental — Personal element— Legislation — What 

 the lease should contain — Time of lease — Profits under different methods of 

 renting. 



