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Show SINGLE CROP FARMING BAD Specialization Is Profitable In Favorable Seasons, But Often There is Failure. One-crop farming is in vogue in many agricultural districts. If a manufacturer manu-facturer employs an operator he furnishes fur-nishes him with steady employment at all seasons of the year. The profit of labor is the manufacturer's reward. If only one commercial article is produced pro-duced the quantity is increased to give the operator constant employment. employ-ment. The farmer is a producer of agricultural agricul-tural necessities which enter into daily consumption and to concentrate all his energies and capital, to produce a single crop leaves him part of the season without employment. The farmer far-mer is his own employer and does not have to divide the profits of his products, prod-ucts, and therefore should arrange his system of husbandry to insure steady production of some agricultural output that enters into daily consumption. Unquestionably specialization farming farm-ing is profitable in favorable seasons, but occasionally there is a partial or total failure of the crop and the farmer far-mer wants some reserve product to tide himover a disastrous season of special crop exploitation. In some localities lo-calities the soil is admirably adapted to potato culture. In another section to onions, and still another to horticulture. horticul-ture. When any of these lines of husbandry hus-bandry are followed they pay large profits in favorable seasons. Another class of farmers are interested in wheat or corn production, both of which are profitable branches of agriculture. agri-culture. The farmer engaged in specialization specializa-tion crops finds himself unemployed a part of the year. If his labors are reasonably rea-sonably rewarded for time devoted to raising and marketing a crop of wheat, corn, potatoes or fruit, it should be his ambition to add to his agricultural operations op-erations the production of other things that will pay a profit the balance of the year. To obtain the largest possible possi-ble recompense from agriculture the farmer should arrange for steady employment em-ployment the year around. Special crops can be exploited in conjunction with live stock husbandry. It the farmer raises a crop of clover it leaves the soil in elegant condition for a crop of potatoes, while the clover will make excellent feed for live stock. A crop of potatoes leaves the ground in prime condition for wheat seeded down to clover. Live stock industry in conjunction with special crop production pro-duction will not only give the farmer remunerative employment at all seasons, sea-sons, but the rotation of crops and feeding live stock will keep up the fertility of the land. |