EXERCISES 68 AND 69 

 JUDGING A FARM 1 



Object. To study a farm and become familiar with the 

 factors that affect its value. 



Explanation. The farm is the place of business and the 

 manufacturing plant of the farmer. The farmer is a manu- 

 facturer as truly as the man who builds stoves from iron or 

 the man who produces iron from the ore. As the manu- 

 facturer of stoves uses iron as raw material and produces 

 stoves as the finished product, so the farmer uses the elements 

 of nature, and manure or fertilizer, the plant food of the 

 soil, as raw material, and from these produces grain and hay 

 as finished products. He may carry the process of manu- 

 facture one step farther and by feeding the grain and hay to 

 cattle, produce beef or milk as the finished product. The 

 farm, therefore, is a manufacturing plant and should be as 

 well suited to the type of farming that the farmer wishes 

 to pursue as the shop that the manufacturer builds is suited 

 to his business. 



The farm, however, is more, or should be more, than a man- 

 ufacturing plant merely. It should furnish a pleasant and 

 healthful home for the farmer and his family. Thus, in 

 judging a farm, both the advantages of the place for the 



1 Adapted from G. W. Warren's score card for judging farms. 



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