BEST TYPE OF FARMING 790 



of Eastern agriculture, but it took much time to complete the change, and 

 even yet some farmers cling to the old enterprises when they would do 

 much better by making a change. 



Successful Types of Farming. — Agricultural surveys conducted in all 

 parts of the United States reveal the fact that there are many successful 

 types of farming, but in the field of general agriculture, diversity is usually 

 the keynote of success. It has many advantages. It provides for the 

 most uniform distribution of labor; it facilitates crop rotations; crop rota- 

 tions help to maintain soil productivity, reduce plant diseases and over- 

 come the depredations of insects. 



It is very important to have the type of farming fit all local conditions 

 as far as possible, and farmers are urged to make a careful study of the 

 subject. , 



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 " HowTtcf Choose~a Farm." Hunt. 



New Mexico Expt. Station Bulletin 59. "Forty Years of New Mexico Climate." 

 North Dakota Expt. Station Bulletin 52. "The Length of Growing Season in North 



Dakota." 

 U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Soils. "Field Operations." 

 U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Weather Bureau. "Weather Reports." 

 U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Year-Book, 1908, pages 289-300. "The So-Called Change of 



Climate in the Semi-Arid West." 



TJ. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Year-Book 1906, pages 181-189. "The Use of Soil Surveys." 

 U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service Circular 159. "The Future Use of Land in 



the U. S." 

 U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Biological Survey, Bulletin 10. "Life Zones and Crop 



Zones." 

 U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Biological Survey, Bulletin 10. "Distribution of Cereals in 



North America." 

 Colorado Expt. Station Bulletin 127. "Climate of Colorado." 

 Farmers' Bulletins, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture: 

 454. "A Successful New York Farm." 

 472. "Systems of Farming in Central New Jersey." 



