2 BULLETIN 636, L T . S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



In the light of the facts developed the following conclusions have 

 been drawn as to the business of the farms studied : 



The stability of the agriculture of these farms is due to the fact that, in the main, 

 they have been developed along more or less diversified lines. 



Fig. 1.— Map sho-rc-ing the State of Idaho and the location of the Payette fruit region. 



Although the specialized fruit ranches may be the more successful in some years, 

 the general and more diversified farms are the more successful on the average of a 

 series of years. 



Both average price and average cost of production for the region are kept below the 

 level of those of many other apple-growing regions by the presence of a number of 

 poorly cared for orchards producing low-grade apples. 



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