30 BULLETIN 582, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
tensively stocked dairy units in the hands of very capable men, but 
owing to their lack of land, particularly of pasture, it does not seem 
practicable for most men on the smaller farms in the Provo area to ~ 
engage in dairying. 
It has been suggested that some men on the smaller farms might 
find it profitable to stock intensively with good cows and to dispense 
with pasture altogether, operating on the soiling system as is done 
in parts of Europe. To be profitable, such a system calls for high- 
producing cows, high-quality land, a high-priced product, and cheap 
labor. The last two requisites are not present in Utah. This plan 
might answer for a time with properly equipped men who have 
large families and little work for the children to do, but the supply 
of family labor is not permanent, and with present prices for the 
product the adoption of the soiling system of feeding, and intensive 
stocking in connection therewith, would appear to be an unwise 
procedure. 
A profitable addition to the farm enterprises for men who sell 
butter fat, and for many who do not engage in dairying, would 
be the production of pork. The market for pork in Utah is con- 
sidered nearly as good as within 200 miles of Kansas City or Omaha. - 
When beet tops are available they make an excellent feed for swine, 
and not much else need be given from beet harvest until Christmas, 
or even until the latter part of January. The cheapest feed in- 
summer and early autumn is alfalfa pasture. Some men are making 
pork on this system to excellent advantage. , 
POULTRY. 
- The most feasible live-stock enterprise for the small farms 
would appear to be poultry. The market for eggs is not yet fully 
supplied. Specialized poultry farms are sometimes quite profitable 
in favorable localities when the operator secures good egg produc- 
tion and high prices, but otherwise they rarely are profitable as a 
specialty. To have high egg production at the time of high prices 
requires good management, considerable experience, and a close 
attention to minor details of feed and care which does not appeal 
to many men. Therefore any expansion made in the poultry busi- 
ness should in most cases occur on farms of a more general character 
where the fowls are made distinctly a side line, where the necessary 
care is a minor item, and a large part of their keep is obtained from 
what otherwise would largely be wasted. 
RANGE CATTLE. 
When it is feasible, an enterprise which would appear to make a 
good addition to the farm business as a whole is a limited adoption 
of the range-cattle industry. Some men in the Provo area run cattle 
on the Wasatch and Uinta National Forests, or on other range back 
