TYPES OF FARMING 
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you go about from farm to farm classify them in your mind for par- 
ticular purposes as for dairying, swine raising, grain farming. 
fruit growing, trucking, and other types of farming. 
Size of Farm.—There is usually a close relationship existing 
between the size of the farm and the net income (Figs. 8 and 9), 
but this holds true only within certain types of farming. For 
example, a large grain farm should give greater returns than a 
Tomatoes 
Cabbage 
Peas 
Beans 
Carrots 
Fic. 3.—Mississippi trucking. Gross cost of producing one acre for 
the vear 1921. (Mississippi Station.) 
small grain farm, but when the type of farming changes, size natu- 
rally changes. For example, a truck farm of twenty acres may 
give greater net returns than a general farm of one hundred acres. 
1921 
Tomatoes 
Cabbage 
Peas 
Beans 
Carrots 
BC 
“ml 
7 yr. average 
apd 1921 
® 7 yr. average 
1921 
7 yr. average 
1921 
7 yr. average 
1921 
7 yr. average 
Fic. 4. —Mississippi trucking sales from one acre 1921 and 7 vear average compared. 
(Mississippi Station.) 
The size you select should depend upon the type of farming vou 
intend to follow. 
The beginner often finds it advisable to purchase a small farm 
at first and add more acres to it later on. Perhaps the additional 
acres desired may be rented with the privilege of purchasing later. 
Types of Farming.—Special lines of farming are usually most 
successful and are, therefore, a great temptation to beginners and 
others. The old adage of “carrying all vour eces to market in