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Show DAIRYING ON GENERAL FARM To Be Most Successful Financially Business Should Be Carried on - With Other Lines. (By H. A. HARDING, Illinois Agricultural Agricul-tural College.) Studies of the financial side of thf dairy situation, so far as they have; yet been made, indicate that dairying; to be most financially successful, should be carried on In connection with other types of farming. The reason rea-son for this is quite evident. Owing to the need of milkers, and labor in connection with the corn and alfalfa which must be raised for this dairy, a considerable amount of labor is necessary. The corn and alfalfa will keep this labor busily engaged during a comparatively short period during the year. If the farm operations opera-tions are restricted to the growing ol these two crops, during a consider, able portion of the year there will be no labor during the day to profitably profit-ably employ the farm help and horses) which must be at hand during tha other portion of the year. A consideration of these facta makes it perfectly plain that if dairying dairy-ing is to be conducted most profitably! it must be combined with the growtU of other crops upon the farm, which will profitably employ the men and teams during the time when they would not be otherwise engaged in connection with the dairy operation! Studies of the returns from various types of farms show that these fundamental funda-mental considerations are well borne out by the results. |