INTRODUCTORY 



The farm department should never be 

 charged with the entire capital invested, or with 

 the maintenance of a garage, stables, kennels, 

 etc.; and credit should always be given it for 

 everything sold, whether consumed in the house 

 or shipped to market. If the owner wishes to 

 indulge in fancy dairying, he should charge ac- 

 cordingly and obtain extra prices for his butter, 

 cheese, milk, and other products. 



We have learned to overcome drought by 

 irrigation, and to allay the fear of a wet season 

 by under-drainage. We have our domestic ani- 

 mals so largely under control that we are en- 

 abled to fly in the very face of nature. It has 

 also been abundantly proved that the returns 

 from modern farming far exceed those of the 

 vast majority of commercial enterprises. In- 

 deed, the writer knows of several men engaged 

 in different branches of agriculture, whose an- 

 nual net income exceeds ten per cent on the total 

 investment. To cite an especial case — there 

 lives in Indiana a man who has a national repu- 

 tation in the particular branch of farming which 

 he pursues, and whose yearly income is seldom 

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