practiced by the owners, were responsible. To manage a 

 farm with the maximum of efficiency a man must not only 

 be well versed in the knowledge of agriculture he must 

 make himself, if he is not one by nature, a good business 

 man. Then, for the best results a certain amount of capital 

 must be available. 



These three, knowledge of agriculture, businesslike meth- 



NURSERY NEAR GENEVA, N. Y. 

 Millions of young trees are propagated annually hereabout. 



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ods, and capital the capital does not have to be large 

 are necessary to the highest degree of success. But that 

 is not saying that they must be possessed at the start. 

 Eagerness to learn will lead to knowledge; and discretion 

 will prevent the dissipation of capital while the novice is 

 feeling his way. That success does not come at first is 

 no sure sign that it will never come. 



IT ROM Suspension Bridge Grain, 



and Buffalo the Lehigh Hay and 

 Valley Railroad runs east- Potatoes 

 ward as far as Rochester 

 Junction through a limestone 

 section. In this region the 

 crops are grain, hay and 

 potatoes. At Rochester 

 Junction the Honeoye branch, 

 running from Rochester to 

 Honeoye, crosses the main 

 line. The territory along 

 this branch, a rolling coun- 

 try, grows potatoes, hay, 

 grain, dairy and other prod- 

 ucts. 



