CHAPTER III. 

 THE MAN FITTED FOR THE BUSINESS. 



ERE I to select an ideal for this business, it 

 would, of course, be a man of not only unusual 

 strength of body and character but one having 

 a great amount of both common sense and per- 

 severance. Unfortunately, very few men have 

 all of these qualities, but those who have weaker 

 bodies often have the other essentials to a more 

 marked degree. If you think you are a hustler, 

 or rather if your neighbors think you are (and that is the only 

 true sign), if you are of a persevering nature, if you are a friend 

 of outdoor labor, if you don't get tired easily, even though you 

 have but the ordinary vitality and strength, you can, and most 

 likely will, make a successful farmer. 



The veritable giant, with all his strength and stature, is often 

 outdone by the ordinary man, possessed of the other useful char- 

 acteristics, for often weather or other conditions over which he 

 has no control interfere very seriously with the countryman's 

 plans, and in a short time practically annihilate his efforts. It is 

 then that the man with perseverance and stability comes to the 

 front and often builds great success upon the very ashes of former 

 failures. That this quality is necessary is easily proven, for each 

 and every farmer, be he ever so successful, can recount at least 

 one and often more incidents in his past in which his best efforts 

 have been utterly wasted through no fault of his own whatever. 

 There is no mystery in the business; but success depends upon 

 hard work, good judgment and capable business management. 



In a word, he who is successful elsewhere is apt to be more 

 successful here, his only competitor, the average Southern farmer, 

 being not only a very indifferent business man, but often not 



