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Third, experience may be an expensive, but she certainly is 

 a necessary, teacher. As in any other business, a term of years 

 will be required to so organize work, trees, crops, fields, etc, 

 that a permanent income may be expected. No man can hope 

 to succeed except as he grows into this knowledge. Books and 

 bulletins can be but suggestive aids, in that the host of writers 

 have been those who worked from the standpoint of theory — ■ 

 not that of dollars earned by doing. Intelligent, individual 

 modification of all such instruction becomes necessary to him 

 who succeeds. If a man succeeds it must be out of his own re- 

 sources, by the strict application of such business principles as 

 would insure success in any other calling; an actual knowledge 

 of cost of production as well as certainty of best disposal 

 being of greatest importance. 



Fourth, every man purchasing a farm must realize that time 

 is recjuired to organize work and put a place upon a fair busi- 

 ness basis; hence, the would-be purchaser should be warned 

 against expecting immediate large returns. Without special- 

 ization in crops, by the application of strict business methods, 

 located within two hours' reach of a growing market, with 

 possibility of increase from June to October, a man can easily 

 bring ten acres of good rolling land where it will yield the in- 

 come indicated. 



Fifth, success is impossible without that enthusiasm engen- 

 dered by love for, interest in, and adaptability to, the work 

 contemplated. New England is being dotted with failures 

 where those, misled by writers and speakers, have attempted 

 farm life with no knowledge of details or aptitude for the 

 duties. One of the paramount tasks for this and kindred or- 

 ganizations is to aid in saving the industry from disaster by 

 helping fix fundamental principles. 



Sixth, a man must study carefully his near-by market, both 

 for present and prospective demands, certainly to determine 

 what is likely to yield the best returns. 



Seventh, not alone quantity per acre but quality in every- 

 thing must be the objective, and here the problem of right care 

 and feeding, for early growth and maturity, become of para- 

 mount importance. 



Beyond, one must know how, when, where to market to best 

 advantage. If time is demanded to give a man mastery, it is 



