Show LARGE AND SMALL CROPS nic irom I 1 II 11 crops avith least labor usia whilo milo tho average crop almost al anys brings tho the farmers ot of tho the united states moro moncy than an unus unusually nally garfio one the inoke ot barinin farming botho to alio llio individual 13 a ways on the larso largo crap when wo hivo have what ii known na as a I 1 bumper crop ot of corn or wheat and aal cs CB r v ahrn lim two follow iu in as they have ilono done in recent years yeara with both crops ciopa low lov prices necessarily follow wo havo whit what i ja called avei production by which ii mcana not tle production liro of more food than the world needs but more than it will take at once anio at a price thit will compensate the farmr for lis lia labor speculation then steps ill ili anil and still faither tho the paves for the reason that hat wilen glain 00 leaves tile tho fa farmers hands it must be curried carried at a cost ot of intern t e elevator els vator charges insurance ranco and the th bisk of thu the market all of which is ia taken in la advance out of tho price that is given 0 ivan the producer a s crop occurs or it a succession of average crops speculation on the bull side becomes active einera aio likely to lie be made and the I 1 M ailt is high prices until getil equalized by production strange as it may appear publications from tho da of agriculture show that it is dot f lie large crops that I 1 beld tile the farm farin ers craff of the united st states ates the mo most stroney st money but tho the average ones this however floes not dot hold true of the individual farmer ac according cordin to tho the iowa homestead which says his profits anre EI eanest when lie grows the largest crops provided they ire are grown without tho expenditure of a disproportionately large amount of money in the way vay of and lalor labor tho the taxes on a 1 40 acre acio field ire aro the same bame whether the tha crop is large or small email tho the money involved iu in the land is tho the same there is comparatively little dif clerence in tho the cultivation and but little difference diHe differ renco enco in tho the the lar altre go crop is due to the skillful bals banding landing of tho fertility lity of the soil mainly hy by tho the use of grass and especially tho the clovers to the tha very thorough preparation of the land tho the more cartful selection of seed and in general better whilo milo it a crop of 30 bushels of corn may lardy barely pay the expense tho the taxes and 0 MAI email interest on oil tho the investment a crop of CO 60 bushels will pay for all the additional labor and a large rent besides it is to the interest of tho the farmer to grow largo crops which can lo 10 done only by growing on fewer aches or if on oa anoro acres by tho the expenditure pend iture oan of a much greater amount for hired help in ili whichever way it can bo be tho the obvious interest of the farmer is to grow as largo crops as aa possible ou on tho the same land provided that the growing of thu the largo large crop does not invoke a proportionate proportion I 1 ato increase in creasa in the am amount aunt of labor ciper expended idea wo aro are not willing to take tho position that it will ply pay the farmer to invest in commercial fertilizers in order to grow 3 00 bushels of corn to tho the acre if that were possible when by the use of clover and anad manure lure lie he can grow a crop of GO CO to IS 75 bushels per aero acro fortunately the bisci ance between a largo croy crop and a small one is mainly one of management in ili securing a crop rotation that will maintain ae the fertility of lim ins soil and the proper application of labor nt at tho the right time and in tho right way wa |