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occasionally to strawberry and other small-fruit growers who have 
had to depend entirely upon a single crop. Two or more small-fruit 
crops also permit the operator to distribute his labor more evenly 
through the season. Just how many acres of each variety of fruit to 
grow would depend a great deal upon soil and other conditions. 
Fig. 10. — One of the successful berry farms. The : 
on this farm averaged 500 crates of 24 pints each, 
berries and 1 acre of strawberries weie planted du 
acres of bearing strawberries 
;>er acre. Three acres of rasp- 
ing 1921. 
Combining fruit growing with poultry raising or dairying is increas- 
ing the profits of many of the fruit farms in this area. To show the 
effect of such combinations on the farm income, the 24 small-fruit 
farms were sorted into groups, large farms and small farms, each of 
these being further sorted according to the amount of livestock kept. 
The average farm income of the small farms with little livestock was 
$253, and of those with the most livestock, $437. It was $512 with 
the least livestock and $1,132 for the large farms with the most live- 
stock. 
The combination of fruit and livestock has another advantage in 
that it provides for fertilizers, which are necessary for maximum crop 
yields on these soils. 
MIXED FARMING. 
By definition farms of the type styled "mixed" have several enter- 
prises, often five or six, none of which predominates, and usually no 
one of them is large enough to be of commerical importance. They 
are usually less profitable than the more specialized farms of the types 
prevailing locally. One of the first steps in the reorganization of such 
farms should be a study of several enterprises individually to dot er- 
mine which of them can be developed to the best advantage. Use 
of land and of labor and the relative returns of each should be ob- 
served carefully until a decision can be made, perhaps for one sea- 
son, though more time may be needed. A record of the observa- 
