The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-04-16
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Diversity Makes Majority Of
Farms Pay Well
IMPORTANCE POINTED OUT.

Specializing and Makes Known His
Reasons--Every Farmer Should Grow
Everything That is Needed on His
Place and Not Buy Supplies.
New York.-How shall q man make
farming pay, how make 1t return be-
sides interest on Investment a reason
able country salary Of $1,000, how
manage 1t so as to use ones time.
energy and capital to best advantage7 2
These were some Of the considerations
in lecture by John II. Barron of the
state department of agriculture.
o "Wide studies show that usually the
most profitable farms follow a diversi-.
fed type OF agriculture" he said. "In
the state of New York forty-nne
farms have been studied on which
labor incomes of $4,000 or more are
being made. That Is. on these farms
enough IL made to pny nll expenses
and interest on the investment at 8
per cent and leave the farmer salary
of $500 or more. These farms sell
from one to six major items. amount
Ing to $500 or more each and I'm addi-
ton several minorproducts. The figures
show that on the average there were
three major and four minor sale pro.
ducts and besides usually some feed
for farm animals Generally then al.
verslfed farming IL likely to be more
profitable than specialized farming.
specialized farming has some nd.
vantages. IL may allow the develop.
ment OF considerable skill In the pro.
ductlon OF one or two things. A small
amount OF capital may be sufficient 20
develop one enterprise quite efficiently.
whereas II would not develop several
In specialized farming large fields can
DO laid out and buildings 40 planned
as 10 facilitate labor greatly.
diversified farming has many nd.
vantngcs which outweigh the advnn.
tnges of specialized farming. for the
majority OF farmers nnd it II better 10
have several important products M
sources OF income rather than one prod.
uct. Dlvcrslfcntlon allows OF n roth.
tion OF crops which II MI but absolute
ly necessary for the permnncnce OF any
agricultural scheme; II usually fore
stalls total failure. for In no season II
Il likely that all crops will he poor: II
distributes the income over the year:
II stands for economy aud efficiency
ana provides work for mun. machinery
and horses greater portion OF the
year than does most specialized farm.
ing.
"ln the establishment Of n plan for
diversified farming the rotation OF
crops must first be given attention.
Most farming will get its profits from
animal products and crops. The main.
tenance of soil fertility II OF para
mount Importance, for without II any
farm scheme Is ultimately doomed 10
failure. II follows. then. that n good
rotation Will meet NJ least three gen.
eral requirements: First. II must main.
tain and increase fertility; second. II
will produce feeds which will nourIsh
animals ns economically as possible:
third. Il will furnish cash crops for
sale
ITO feed animals as economically as
loSNlult E'oh luahhs VI 'phHhuk'
must be produced. For this purpose
some succulence Is desirable and also
the products OF leguminous plants. like
clover. alfalfa. pens ana soy beans.
"In much OF the dairy section OF the
state a good rotation Is corn. oats. clo-
yer. timothy. The corn, oats and clover
are fed on the farm and the timothy
sold Where the farm Is not heavily
stocked part of the area otherwise de-
voted 10 corn can be used for potatoes
and then oats and hay follow the pota'
toes or corn in the regular fashion.
This combination is usually better
than the one first given. because IL pro
yideS for two cash crops instead of one,
but IL cannot be developed too far, be-
cause corn and potatoes are comped-
live crops as to time of planting. cult
waiting ana 10 an extent In harvesting.
"In the planning OF crop schemes ii is
necessary To keep good work balance,
Dr there may be poor distribution OF
work. too much at one time and not
enough ut another Noncompetitive en-
Ierprises should be chosen and at the
same time enterprises which have some
and relation TO each
other. A good scheme of farming will
have several sources OF in
come. In a word. IL may be said TO
consist of well chosen line OF spe-
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