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CHAPTER X. 



CAN FAEMING IN NEW ENGLAND BE MADE 

 REMUNERATIVE ? 



" Does farming in New England pay ?" is not an un- 

 common question. As well might it be asked, ''Does 

 merchandizing in New England pay ?" " Does trading of 

 any kind in New England pay ?" " Does it pay to engage 

 in the shipping or manufacturing business, or in the legal 

 or medical profession, in New England ?" 



The thousands of New Englanders who have engaged 

 in no other occupation than farming, and who have, 

 through industry, frugality, and good sense, acquired not 

 only a competence, but an independence, conclusirely 

 prove that farming in this section of country can be 

 made remunerative. Thousands who have had neither 

 this industry, frugality, nor good sense, have proved with 

 equal certainty that their attempts at farming in New 

 England have been failures, because of the absence of 

 these requisite characteristics. 



Because farming here, or elsewhere, can be made re- 

 munerative, it does not follow that it will necessarily be 

 so. The farmer has, as a general rule, quite as much to 

 do with these results as has his farm. Farms are photo- 

 graphs of their owners. As well might it be asked, 

 " Does farming pay anywhere ?" as to ask if it pays in 

 New England. Why should it not be profitable here as 

 elsewhere. Some kinds of farming cannot be success- 



