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No. 32 



Contribution from the Bureau of Plant Industry, Wm. A. Taylor, Chief 

 November 22, 1913. 



AN EXAMPLE OF SUCCESSFUL FARM MANAGEMENT 

 IN SOUTHERN NEW YORK. 



By M. C. Btjkritt, Assistant Agriculturist, and John H. Baeeon, Agent, Office 



of Farm Management. 



INTRODUCTION. 



Most farm problems present several aspects. There must be a 

 proper adjustment of the crops to the soil and environment and the 

 proper balance between farm animals, food supply, and physical 

 environment. The first two phases have received much well-merited 



Fig. 1. — The farmstead of M. J. English, showing the clean condition of the grounds and 

 the macadam road in front of the buildings. 



attention, but the proper balance between crops and animals and 

 the economic adjustment of both these factors to production and 

 marketing have been left to work themselves out. It is particularly 

 because Mr. M. J. English, of Broome County, N. Y., has so suc- 

 cessfully solved these important problems of farm management that 

 the example of his farming is valuable. The type of farming which 

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