24 CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE [Circ. 18 
table 7). Under these conditions if we consider that there are 300 
available work days in a year, the farmer will be profitably employed 
only from 29 per cent to 41 per cent of his time. 
TARLE 7 
Total Man Labor 
Required 
Crop 10 Acres 
Peaches ............ 254 days 
Apricots ......... . 208 » 
Prunes ....... 200 7 
Table Grapes ............ 119 *? 
Amount Operator’ 
Uan Do 
No « pv 
1 NN 
181 
an 
Efficient Use 
of 
Operator's Time 
33149% 
30 
41 
29 
It is not logical to expeet that a farmer who can be profitably 
employed only one-third of his time can secure results equal to those 
obtained by one who puts in full time throughout the year. 
The previous section has suggested the possibility of profit with 
hogs, poultry, sheep or cattle, under suitable conditions. Table 8 
shows the more effective use of the farmer’s time if ten dairy cows 
and 500 hens are added to the fruit farming operations. 
TABLE 8 
Percentage Use of Total Time (e.g. 300 days) 
Business Fruit Alone Fruit & Livestock 
Peaches .............. 33149 
Apricots cee. 30 
Prunes .............. 41 
Table Grapes ...........___ 99 
949, 
91 
102 
a0 
{May require more hired 
2elp in connection with 
fruit; longer hours; or 
more days than 3800 per 
vear.) 
The farmer’s time then becomes fully occupied in productive 
effort. Of course, this can only be done when cattle feed is obtain- 
able economically, when the necessary capital is available, and when 
the farmer is by temperament and experience capable of successfully 
handling the stock. It may not be attractive. but it is decidedly 
suggestive. 
Diversification in the industries on the farms of the East has been 
established through years of experience and travail. The rotation of 
corn-oats-wheat-grass, with some cows, pigs and chickens, keeps the 
farmer busy throughout the year. Our California farm enterprises, 
with more crops to choose from and a longer growing season, are in