42 The Farm fit fad 



or put upon the farm at any time. Long leases, 

 with inducements to long occupancy, would give 

 the rentee a permanent occupier. The renter 

 has quite as good a chance of finally securing 

 a home in fee simple as has the man who pur- 

 chases and mortgages heavily. The possession 

 of a valuable farm and an assured income, es- 

 pecially in a new country, is often most surely 

 and easily secured by renting for a series of 

 years. Good farming pays liberal profits even 

 on rented land. If there is failure, it is the 

 man and not the occupation which causes it. 

 The fault will not be "in the moon," but in 

 ourselves if we fail or become underlings. 



