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ral forces are involved against which protection is 

 not available, such as hail and flood. It is scarcely 

 feasible, however, to have insurance against such 

 sources of loss as oats smut, San Jose scale or cod- 

 dlin-moth of the apple, since there are well known 

 remedies for these and insurance would in large " 

 measure put a premium on sloth. 



4. The keeping of live-stock should generally ren- 

 der it easier to maintain the productiveness of the soil 

 than crop husbandry alone. The animal manufac- 

 tures plant products, some of which may be unsuited 

 to human food, into usually more palatable animal 

 products. If care is taken to make up the deficiency 

 in the soil resulting from the lack of animal manure 

 by the use of commercial fertilizer, lime, and the not 

 too close removal of crops so that the humus content 

 of the soil is maintained, it is (]uite as possible to 

 maintain productiveness of the soil by crop as by 

 animal husbandry. The higher the prevailing price 

 of liuman nutriments, the less desirable is live-stock 

 husbandry. The natural swing in New York should 

 be toward a larger proportion of crop products and 

 a less proportion of animal products. Vegetables, 

 fruits and flowers should increase in importance rel- 

 ative to coarse forage and grains. The large area of 

 low-grade range and forage land will continue to 

 hold live-stock husbandry in many regions. 



The motor vehicle is forcing a certain readjust- 

 ment in crop distribution. New York has led in 

 the production of market hay, chiefly timothy, which 

 has been sold in the cities for the consumption of 



