28 BULLETIN 941, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Peaches. — Large areas of this region were set to peaches a few 
years ago. The crop was found to be very unreliable because of the 
late spring frosts and freezes, and winter freezing and lack of proper 
care have killed out many of the orchards. 
Small fruit. — The production of strawberries and other small 
fruits which farmers reported very profitable in certain areas in the 
western part of the State, when undertaken on a small scale, can be 
commercially profitable only when undertaken in a community 
where there are sufficient growers to be able to club together and 
ship in carload quantities or where there is a local demand for the 
crop. 
LIVE-STOCK MANAGEMENT. 
Hie principal factors operating to make live-stock production the 
main industry in the region are: (1) Transportation facilities are 
such that, generally speaking, they preclude the marketing of 
products which are bulky or perishable; (2) the soils of the region 
are predominantly thin and, owing to the rock content, difficult to 
cultivate, and quickly deteriorate under continuous grain farming; 
(3) there is a large amount of wild land which, without cost to the 
operators, furnishes a varying amount of pasture to live stock of all 
classes; (4) the lands are adapted to the growing of grasses, and 
very good improved pastures can be made out of land which is 
apparently valueless for other purposes; and, (5) a system of farm- 
ing with live-stock production as its base, if properly carried out, 
enables the operators to maintain and improve the quality of the 
cultivated land and furnishes a product which is easily marketed. 
All ordinary classes of live stock do well in the region, and at present 
all are being produced. The raising of cattle is the oldest and most 
extensively developed branch of the industry. However, a large 
number of hogs, horses and mules, sheep and goats, and chickens, 
are raised in the territory. The desirability of not restricting the 
source of income to one enterprise on the farm has already been 
pointed out, and examples of individual farms present the favorable 
results obtained by combining a number of live-stock enterprises. 
Some of the farms received revenue from all classes of live stock 
mentioned, and the majority had three or more live-stock enterprises. 
As to the combination of live-stock enterprises that will be most 
profitable on any given farm, local conditions must determine, and 
to a certain degree the inclination of the operator himself. The 
scheme of farming, however, should be such as to produce on the 
farm all feed needed by the live stock maintained and raised, and 
the farmer should strive constantly to improve the grade of the live 
stock kept. The higher the grade of live stock raised, the greater will 
be the returns from the feed consumed, under economic management. 
