FARM ORGANIZATION 



One day a man walked into an office and 

 stated that a friend had a half million dol- 

 lars to invest in farming, provided that he 

 could be convinced that the money would 

 be invested profitably. 



"Does your friend desire to buy land in 

 any particular locality?" 



"Yes," replied the promoter, "he wishes 



to buy land near . He has some 



sentiment about it. He was born in that 

 neighborhood." 



"Well, that is a rather bad beginning. 

 Farming on sentiment is dangerous, espe- 

 cially when the sentiment is in no way re- 

 lated to the business." 



The facts were that the region indicated 

 was recognized to be one of the most 

 unpromising sections of the state. 



"If you undertake to invest a half million 

 dollars in one neighborhood," continued the 

 adviser, "you will pretty certainly fail to 

 earn interest on your investment." 



"Why?" inquired the promoter. 



"Before you could possibly buy any con- 

 siderable part of the land the owners of the 



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