CHAPTER VIII 

 THE FARM SCHEME 



FARMING is no pink tea. It is a serious 

 business. After the young farmer has 

 selected the farm he must develop his farm 

 scheme. He must contemplate well and 

 seriously the philosophy which underlies 

 his plans. Unless he sees clearly what he is 

 striving to attain and unless he understands 

 the effect of his methods, he must fail in 

 great measure to obtain his goal. 



Satisfactory results in farming cannot be 

 obtained as a general practice if the man is 

 only interested in the results of a single year. 

 For this reason the itinerant tenant system 

 will not be satisfactory unless the landlord 

 has worked out a satisfactory scheme which 

 he requires his tenant to follow. 



It is not enough that a man shall grow a 

 single large crop, but it is necessary that he 

 should continue to grow a satisfactory crop 

 at least at regular intervals. For example, 

 a piece of land may be adapted to cabbage, 



