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SUCCESSFUL FARMING 



too small to fully utilize the character of teams and equipment best adapted 

 to the production of the crops of that region; 100 to 120 acres is about 

 the minimum size that can be economically farmed there; 160 to 240 acres 

 is a more economical size. 



Bonanza Farms. — This term applies to the very large farms, most of 

 which are located in the northwestern part of the United States and which 

 frequently cover from ten to thirty or more square miles. Wheat is 

 generally the leading product. Such farms usually consist of an aggrega- 

 tion of a number of farm units under one management. In some cases, 

 however, several thousand acres may be farmed with one set of buildings. 



A Small Farm Under Glass. 1 

 Soil made to order; heat, light and moisture controlled. 



Very large fields are used and the work is done either with farm tractors or 

 with very large teams. The chief advantage in farming on such a large 

 scale lies in the economy of skill, equipment, buying and selling. Large- 

 scale farming, like manufacturing on a large scale, affords enough of one 

 special kind of labor to fully occupy the time of one or more men. In this 

 way, men are most highly skilled and confined to a performance of work 

 for vNrhich they are specially trained. Unlike manufacturing, however, such 

 large-scale farming covers so much area that close supervision by a superin- 

 tendent is impossible. It also involves the loss of much time on the 

 part of both manager and workmen in traveling to and from fields, or from 

 one enterprise to another. It obviously enables the employment of a high- 



i Courtesy of The Macmillan Company, N. Y. From "Farm Management," by Warren. 



