CHAPTER 66 



Size and Diversity of Farm Related to Efficiency 



In every locality and for every type of farming there is a degree of 

 diversity and a size of business that will prove most advantageous. It 

 should be the aim of farmers to attain this so far as capital and ability will 

 permit. The size of the farm does not necessarily pertain to area, since a 

 large business in certain types of farming may be carried on on a compara- 

 tively limited area. The most striking example of this is found in the 



Onions as a Specialty. 1 



production of vegetables and flowers under glass. An acre of this kind of 

 farming often employs a number of men and brings a large gross return. 



Diversified farming is a somewhat indefinite term, and may mean the 

 producing of a few well-chosen products or may include a large number of 

 products. 



DIVERSIFIED FARMING 



Diversified farming is often the production of a little of everything 

 and not much of anything. It is at once evident that such farming will 



1 Courtesy of Wallace's Farmer. 



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