FARM MANAGEMENT IN THE PROVO AREA. 3 
(2) The greatest need of the small farmers in this district is more 
land to work. Failing this, outside labor is a necessity if a good 
living is to be secured. 
(3) Although in many cases a greater diversification is needed, on 
the small general farms this is not nearly as important as an increase 
in size of farm. 
(4) The small orchardist should increase the area of his farm if 
possible and should also diversify. When he diversifies the fruit 
grower should do so with a crop or crops the market for which is 
more certain than for fruit. Under existing conditions one of the 
best methods for doing the latter is by the growing of sugar beets. 
Beans would also appear to merit much attention in this area. 
(5) In general, so far as practicable, the farmer taking more land 
should do so by rent or lease, rather than purchase subject to a 
mortgage, as he can usually secure the use of the land for little 
more than half what must be paid on a mortgage. The money saved 
can be used for subsequent purchase. This, of course, does not 
apply to the man with cash in hand for immediate purchase. 
(6) Some operators live in town and travel many miles a day to 
and from the farms. From a farm-management viewpoint this is 
an inefficient system. 
(7) With land values and labor cost so high, and the marketing 
situation so complicated, farmers in this area should make every 
effort to keep at the maximum that part of the family living which 
is secured directly from the farm. The garden should be one of the 
regular enterprises and should be given adequate care. 
(8) A further increase in the number of very small farms in this 
region would seem to be unwise. The operators of such units have 
not enough land to keep them busy at profitable work. About 30 
acres seems to be the smallest size for efficient management without 
much reliance on live stock. Forty to fifty, preferably about 50 acres, 
seems to be the smallest unit for efficient management where live- 
stock enterprises are given a prominent place by the typical farmer. 
This is especially true of dairying. 
(9) When feasible, live-stock enterprises may well be made a part 
of the farm business. The kind and extent will depend on conditions. 
Men at present engaged in dairying should replace poor cows with 
better animals. Pork production merits more attention than it now 
receives. 
(10) In general, owing to market conditions, the proper place for 
orchard and truck products in this region is on general farms where 
they are used as fillers in the business as a whole. Certainly fruit 
•should be produced only on farms where the orchard enterprises are 
supplemented in a substantial way by more extensive activities. The 
general farms which grow truck and fruit as secondary enterprises 
approximate the ideal cropping combination for this region. 
