CHAPTER X. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 

 SECTION LXXIV. FARM MANAGEMENT. 



By PROF. FRED. W. CARD, 



Late of Department of Horticulture, Rhode Island College of Agri- 

 culture and Mechanic Arts. 



Choice of the Farm. Many things enter into the 

 problem of successful farm management. First 

 among these is the choice of the farm itself. If one 

 is free to choose many things should be considered. 



A MODEL SET OF FARM BUILDINGS. 



These include the fertility and general character of the 

 land, its contour, its freedom from stones or otherwise, 

 its need of drainage, etc.; its distance from market 

 and the character of the roads, whether hilly or level, 

 and good or bad in other respects. The adaptability 



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