CONTENTS 



CHAPTER 1 

 SHALL I BE A FARMER? 



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PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS DESIRABLE FOR A FARMER: 



The Farmer as a Business Man ...... 1 



The Farmer as a Mechanic 2 



The Farmer as a Naturalist 3 



The Farmer as a Skilled Laborer . . . . . 4 



Experience Necessary for Success . . . . . . 6 



The Farm a Home Enterprise ...... 7 



The Farm not the Place for the Inefficient .... 11 



Summary of Personal Traits of Successful Farmers . . .13 



PROFITS TO BE EXPECTED IN FARMING : 



Comparison of Farming with Other Occupations ... 14 



Ways of Measuring Profit ....... 15 



Comparison of Labor Income with City Salaries ... 16 



Labor Incomes Made by Farmers ...... 16 



Profits on Real Estate 18 



Safety of the Investment ....... 19 



Estates Left by Farmers ....... 20 



Summary of Profits in Farming ...... 20 



COST OF LIVING ON FARMS : 



Cost of Living on Farms and in Cities . . ... 21 



Products Furnished by the Farm ...... 23 



Cost of Living on Farms . . . . . . .25 



THE FARM FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE HIRED MAN , 26 



THE FARM FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE TENANT 27 



FARM INVESTMENTS ......... 28 



THE BACK-TO-THE-LAND MOVEMENT: 



The Aims of the Movement ....... 29 



With Better Farming Fewer Farmers are Needed . . 30 



Why the Farm Boy Went to Town 32 



The Remedy is Automatic ....... 33 



Movement to Cities must Continue ..... 34 



How then may the Citv Obtain Cheaper Food ? . . .34 

 Back-to-the-village Movement . . . . . .35 



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