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Show To Specialize or Diversify. Much has been written on lmproed methods of firming bj nchocates of different dif-ferent school, ranging from the broad subj-.it of ncrlculture as a ocatlon to questions of rclathe prolt In arIous 1 ranches and minute details of manage-ment manage-ment nnd operation u apparent conflict con-flict of testimony Is notice 1 In the counsel coun-sel to specialize on the ono hind, an! the oft-repeated tntk of dHerslilcatlon of trops on the other There, 1 fool for serious thought on this milter by eery farmer. There Is muth to be sill In fi-or fi-or of eich side, and, Indeed paradoxical as It seems, It ma appear thit wlslom ties In tho slgiclous application of both tnet hod We huto been told that this Is an ago of specialization We hni been told that this la an age of a g"d man) other things also, hut nboe nil, wc trust that It Is an agu of common aense when caih mans nwn ileui Judgrmni must be his tut le to what Is best In life There Is no doubt of the tendentj ln commercial life to untrallzatton ot effort Th lift of the dhlslon of labor is operating con stantlj an 1 In the prestnt complex relations rela-tions of man to man, binds the race together to-gether with ties of mutual dependence Iho law of th dhl-lon nf lahor Is the fuller nf spot lallzatlon It Is seen In nit the walks of commercl ii and professional lite The mm who lsnnrcs It whether merchnnt thinker or farmer, Un Is that surcesi lie tiot In the path of him who undei takes all but for him who does one thing nnd does It bent To become a sue-if-ssful dalnman requires so much of a n ins time nnd stud) that he dissipates his energv bj trlnc to bo o sutcrssfut fruitgrower The men who hu become famous stock breeders cannot afford to WHtte nn attention nn mirket (.nrdenlng The general npplliatlon of this propnsl-t'on propnsl-t'on will lo (omedid but there Is another an-other ph ise of tlu tae nnd It seems to binge upon the most Important factor In the whole tleld of hushandr) nnd that Is tha uniertalnt) of weuher conlltlons The manufacturer nnu make shoes or hteel rails summer and winter rain or shine Drought ll wds chinch bugs and ki i n hop, era do not afft ct him Of toirso eeri man his troubles of bis en Ttio numificturer bus t'ie Hbor pmldem but nen t ds to n certain ex-imt ex-imt is within his c mtrol while u farrier Is uhsoluM) deptnd ut on the growing seavon und the illstrlbutlon of rain for n HiHLsf il crop This Is wh Irrluatton Is the most tmnortiint suljeit fir the agrl- ilturNi to stud) ns It 1$ a step toard ellmltiHtln!- the element nf r hi nee In crop krowlug Hut that Is another storj The immortal Henjamln franklin In Poor ItlthardH stmanic. glca us this Put not alt thine eggs lit one biskrt nnd It Is good adlce pirtlcularl) If thou hast man) eggs Hero Is n lire t Injunction to Kenerallze and no doubt was orthodox In goo I old Hen franklin s dns If thou wnudst tride with forelan Iinds di not send all th) goods In nn ship lest all be lost If ihioi art a tiller of the sl tha beflti rop will I ring thee revenue stumldst ilu tattle die of a murrain or Thou mm st wax fat on the bigness of th) swim e en though the gniHJih ipper I heroine a bur len In the land and the gen-I gen-I tit rain fallefh not from heaven et It was lift ti mn own great und good prophet nf laughtir w ho so rcieml) weit and srnllel his farewrtl to old s enes lu liW uatlw Stite-MHrk Tw iln to furnish the modern paraphrase for the centun-nll centun-nll do, trine of dUi ralflcatinn In Pud denhead Wilsons Calendar he expresses lu one uententto s line the essence of the ntd nf the moderns Put all thine eggs lu one busket-and watth that basket Ihe suitessful man nf totny Is watching his baskit Tin eMent morttl Is n 'diversified spe-ilstlsutlon spe-ilstlsutlon If sou are to he n c-atile-feedtr i dalrvman a fruit grower i innrket-gardener a noultrj sheep or pig-l pig-l reetler or a gnln farmer adhere ins.l to the lines of our spmlattv hjt ther Is .iMi In ft evrtaln mtouiit of latitude within Its limits and watth onr tmsket Then. Is no itafon wh )oi should not jn.k oats In join li isket also Tr dL tint put a btone In It If vou iar. an) thing for nur eggs The K' rm I nf all tin talk a! out tmeilal purixise md dual pi."-,. pi."-,. s tiws N inv iMd In i dicllon whttlur a man wants tn he u dalrmnu ir h leef grower or b tr)Ing tn sit mi two stools aistnlnri h Jir that mikes htm want to go wit 1-atk and stand up lis eannol In u dalrvtmit without lir enws at I he nit-d never expet to take a prise at i fa' xtotk show with t ml li if It x a nil' and hit tr It s a deer pollev Iff s got t Hp-'Mnllat and imnentrat all if his th.) iht and nerg on his selection ei this does not pm hide the p1a Ins of nasini(ble safeauards nro in I tils husl-neis husl-neis W'e will wslcome letters from our subscribers on this topic as theio in t hettlth. dlfferenct of opinion and the expression of It In th-se enlumns we trust wilt result tn broader nt d enltght u cd teus |