FIVE YEARS OF FACT ORGAXIZATIOX, WESTERN STATES 11 



FARM-MANAGEMENT 

 PROGRAM 



1. PROFITABLE PRODUCTION METHODS. 



2. ADJUSTMENT OF FARM ORGANIZATION. 



(a) TO REDUCE PRODUCTION COSTS. 



(b) TO MEET CHANGING CONDITIONS. 



(c) TO RAISE STANDARD OF LIVING. 



3. PLANNING PRODUCTION TO MEET MARKET DEMANDS. 



BY MAKING AVAILABLE TO FARMERS AND RANCHMEN THE CROP AND 

 LIVESTOCK SITUATION, OUTLOOK, AND PRICE TENDENCIES. 



4. ORGANIZATION OF AGRICULTURAL FACTS AS A BASIS 

 OF AN EXTENSION PROGRAM. 



Fio. C. — PortioQ of a poster illsplajliig the important fiaturts of the WuHtorn 

 StatfS farm-maiiagement cxtinsloii proKraiu 



Perhaps most of all it has brou^'ht ;i more complete realization of 

 the ^eo<ri-aphifal i)osition of the AVcst in the countrv and in the world 

 and (d" the faet that a hi<rh-(|ualit y product is the only profitable 

 surplus jiroduct i)o-sd)l(' for western a^friculturc 



" 'J'hc A\'('st nuist irrow the best! "' sh<iuld be the slo^^an: and. as a 

 corollary to it. "The West inu^t lixc the best! '' 



The eil'ort toward faet-dftcnnined pro<rrams in the \\'est has al- 

 ready done much: but it is only a step, and unless the next step in 

 taken the cfFoi-t will fall sluiit (»f succ»'s>ful afcoinpli^-hun'nt. 



