Fortunes for Farmers 



munity is enriched, the population is recruited 

 by a growing healthy stock, and the nation 

 benefits by the increase of wealth and those 

 desirable citizens, the yeoman class. But all these 

 men want financial help, to ensure a foothold, and 

 at present they cannot get it nearly fast enough. 

 Abroad the advantage of such a sturdy class is 

 recognized; in Canada they are encouraged, 

 Australia and New Zealand angle for them, 

 and nearly everywhere — 'but at home — they are 

 aided by those who have the foresight to know 

 that they are the real backbone of a country. It 

 is impossible to find better citizens, go where 

 you will, for they are honest, industrious, healthy, 

 and prolific. And yet — whilst there are scores of 

 millions of money to aid Irish peasantry — there 

 is none for our own! 



The farmer, however he may prosper, is all 

 his life short of money. He begins on as much 

 land as he dare, and is, like all beginners, short for 

 a few years. But as soon as he becomes wealthier 

 and has enough stock and cash to properly run 

 his land, he takes another farm. This process is 

 repeated on a small or large scale by all successful 

 farmers, and it is here that he is at a disadvantage 

 as compared with the ordinary business man. 

 The latter, with a growing concern, also finds 

 his capital needs outstrip his surplus profits, and 



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