CHAPTER VllI 



ON TAKING UP AN AGRICULTURAL 



CAREER 



THIS chapter is meant for the man who wishes to 

 live in the country' and to take up farming, but who 

 has had no previous experience of agriculture. 

 There' is no doubt that at present a large number of 

 men would like to farm if they thought there was a fair 

 prospect of success. Some of these men have capital, 

 and could embark upon farming on a fairly large scale — 

 large farming as opposed to small farming. 



Many of them, on the other hand, would not have much 

 capital ; sometimes, not even enough to run a small 

 holding properly without recourse to borrowed capital. 



THE INEXPERIEN'CED MAN WITH CAPITAL 



Take first the case of the man with a fair amount of 

 capital. He is inexperienced, and he may elect to go 

 through a course of study which will give him a certain 

 insight into farming operations ; this would be all to the 

 good, but it would not give him the practical knowledge 

 or experience requisite for the successful running of a 

 large farm. 



He might, of course, cither buy or rent his 400- or 500- 

 acre farm, put in an ordinary bailiff, and following the 

 usual methods of the gentleman farmer have a pleasant 



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