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SUCCESSFUL FARMING 



(1) Neighbors have an advertising value. The neighborhood noted 

 for the production of fine apples or peaches attracts buyers for these 

 products. Prices in such neighborhoods are generally higher than in 

 regions that have no reputation for the same product. 



(2) The labor in such a neighborhood is trained in the operations that 

 pertain to the industry and work more rapidly and with greater care than 

 untrained labor in that kind of work. New crops often fail because labor 

 adapted to their production is lacking. Cotton picking becomes an art 

 and calls for cheap labor. The introduction of Sea Island cotton in the 

 island of Porto Rico a few years ago failed solely because the available 



The Utilization of Land too Steep to Plow. 1 



labor was not trained in cotton picking, and the crop could be harvested 

 only at large expense. 



(3) The prevailing breeds of livestock in the neighborhood facilitate 

 securing the services of the best sires. 



(4) The experience of the neighbors is of value to all who are engaged 

 in the prevailing type of farming. 



Occasionally, changed economic conditions may justify a change in 

 the type of farming. The growth of a town, creating a new local market, 

 will make possible successful truck and fruit farming on a scale sufficient 

 to meet the local demand, where previously it would not have been success- 

 ful. Then, too, new enterprises may occasionally be discovered that will 

 prove more profitable than the old ones. The introduction of such enter- 



1 Courtesy of Department of Animal Husbandry, Pennsylvania State College. 



