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cannot help making good money. I do not 

 think I have paid for food used for my fowls in 

 any one year more than $500 ; grits, shells, meat 

 meal, and oil meal will cover the list. I do not 

 wish to induce any man or woman to enter this 

 business on account of the glowing statements 

 which these pages contain. I am ideally situ- 

 ated. I am near one of the best markets for fine 

 food ; I can sell all the eggs my hens will lay at 

 high prices ; food costs the minimum, for it 

 comes from my own farm ; I utilize skim-milk, 

 the by-product from another profitable industry, 

 to great advantage ; and I had enough money to 

 carry me safely to the time of product. In other 

 words, I could build my factory before I needed 

 to look to it for revenue. I do not claim that this 

 is the only way, but I do claim that it is the 

 way for the fore-handed middle-aged man who 

 wishes to change from city to country life with- 

 out financial loss. Younger people with less 

 means can accomplish the same results, but they 

 must offset money by time. The principle of 

 the factory farm will hold as well with the one as 

 with the other. 



To intensify farming is the only way to get 

 the fat of the land. The nations of the old 

 world have nearly reached their limit in food 

 production. They are purchasers in the open 

 market. This country must be that market ; 

 and it behooves us to look to it that the market 

 be well stocked. There is land enough now and 



