INTENSIVE AND EXTENSIVE FARMING 821 



to overcome. The various factors must be kept in proportion. It requires 

 more capital, feed and better care in the rearing of pure-bred stock than 

 it does for scrub stock. This relationship should run throughout the farm 

 business. The best horses and most modern implements call for the most 

 skilled labor. It would be more serious to employ inefficient labor for the 

 operation of such equipment than it would in case of the one-mule farm 

 in the cotton belt. 



Intensity Related to Citizenship. — In spite of the arguments fre- 

 quently presented in the agricultural press for smaller farms and increased 

 intensity, most of the farming of America continues on the extensive basis. 

 There is no country in the world in which farmers are more prosperous or 

 of a higher order of intelligence. This type of farming encourages the use 

 of large areas of land, much horse power, the test farm equipment, and 

 develops the highest form of rural civilization. It provides for an income 

 above physical needs and affords means for the procuring of broader cul- 

 ture. It is in marked contrast to the very intensive systems that prevail 

 in many of the European countries. 



REFERENCES 



"The Small Country Place." Maynard. 

 Colorado Expt. Station Bulletins: 



89. "Wheat Raising on the Plains." 

 117. "The Colorado Potato Industry." 

 North Carolina Expt. Station Bulletins: 



84, 112. "Trucking in the South." 

 New York Expt. Station Bulletin 226. "An Apple Orchard Survey of Wayne Co., 



N. Y." 

 New York Exnt. Station Bulletin 229. "An Apple Orchard Survey of Orleans Co., 



N. Y." 

 Oregon Expt. Station Bulletins: 



99. "An Orchard Survey of Wasco County." 

 101. "An Orchard Survey of Jackson County." 

 Texas Expt. Station Bulletin 91. "Horticultural Survey of Gulf Coast." 

 U. S. Dept. of Agriculture: 



Year-Book 190S, pages 351 to 366. "Tvpes of Farming in the U. S." 

 Year-Book 1904, pages 161 to 191. "Growing Crops Under Glass," "Fruit 

 Growing," "General Farming." 

 Farmers' Bulletin 519, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. "Intensive Farming in the Cotton 

 Belt." 



