Successful farming : a ready reference on all phases of agriculture for farmers of the United States and Canada . bors.—The character of neighbors is generally considered chieflyfrom the social standpoint, but neighbors also have an economic type of farming that prevails in any neighborhood will generally bethe one to adopt. There will be advantages in several ways. 1 Courtesy of E. L. Worthen. 794 SUCCESSFUL FARMING (1) Neighbors have an advertising value. The neighborhood notedfor the production of fine apples or peaches attracts buyers for theseproducts. Prices in such neighborhoo
Successful farming : a ready reference on all phases of agriculture for farmers of the United States and Canada . bors.—The character of neighbors is generally considered chieflyfrom the social standpoint, but neighbors also have an economic type of farming that prevails in any neighborhood will generally bethe one to adopt. There will be advantages in several ways. 1 Courtesy of E. L. Worthen. 794 SUCCESSFUL FARMING (1) Neighbors have an advertising value. The neighborhood notedfor the production of fine apples or peaches attracts buyers for theseproducts. Prices in such neighborhoods are generally higher than inregions that have no reputation for the same product. (2) The labor in such a neighborhood is trained in the operations thatpertain to the industry and work more rapidly and with greater care thanuntrained labor in that kind of work. New crops often fail because laboradapted to their production is lacking. Cotton picking becomes an artand calls for cheap labor. The introduction of Sea Island cotton in theisland of Porto Rico a few years ago failed solely because the available. The Utilization of Land too Steep to labor was not trained in cotton picking, and the crop could be harvestedonly at large expense. (3) The prevailing breeds of livestock in the neighborhood facilitatesecuring the services of the best sires. (4) The experience of the neighbors is of value to all who are engagedin the prevailing type of farming. Occasionally, changed economic conditions may justify a change inthe type of farming. The growth of a town, creating a new local market,will make possible successful truck and fruit farming on a scale sufficientto meet the local demand, where previously it would not have been success-ful. Then, too, new enterprises may occasionally be discovered that willprove more profitable than the old ones. The introduction of such enter- 1 Courtesy of Department of Animal Husbandry, Pennsylvania State College. BEST TYPE OF FARMING 795 pr
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