Successful farming : a ready reference on all phases of agriculture for farmers of the United States and Canada . of production or materially reducesthe standard of farm life. In Belgium and other European countries com-paratively little animal power is used in farming. Much of the work isdone by hand. The areas are often so small that if a team of horses wasemployed, they would consume more than one-half of the products of thefarm, thus leaving comparatively little for the farmer. REFERENCES New York Expt. Station Bulletin 178. The Income of 178 New York Farms. U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Yea
Successful farming : a ready reference on all phases of agriculture for farmers of the United States and Canada . of production or materially reducesthe standard of farm life. In Belgium and other European countries com-paratively little animal power is used in farming. Much of the work isdone by hand. The areas are often so small that if a team of horses wasemployed, they would consume more than one-half of the products of thefarm, thus leaving comparatively little for the farmer. REFERENCES New York Expt. Station Bulletin 178. The Income of 178 New York Farms. U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Year-Book 1908, pages 311-320. The Small Farm as a Remedy for Southern Rural S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry, Circular S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry, Bulletin Bulletins, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture: 310. A Successful Alabama Diversification Farm. 312. A Successful Southern Hay Farm. 325. Small Farms in the Corn Belt. 355. A Successful Southern Dairy Farm. 364. A Profitable Cotton Farm. 365. Farm Management in Northern Potato Growing 1 Courtesy of U. S. Dept. of Agriculture Bulletin 341.(832) CHAPTER 67 Cropping and feeding Systems The character of cropping and feeding systems on a farm determines toa considerable extent the success of the farm. Cropping systems from thestandpoint of crop production and maintenance of soil fertility are discussedin the chapter on Crop Rotations. The discussion here will pertainmore especially to the farm management phase of it and its relation to theother enterprises of the farm. Feeding systems pertain to the rations and methods of feeding live-stock and will be discussed especially from the farm management stand-point. The Farm Scheme.—Success in farming does not rest on the resultsof a single year. It is not enough to be successful in the production of onecrop, but one must continually grow a satisfactory crop at regular calls for a cropping system i
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