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It is, of course, possible for a dairyman who depends 

 entirely on cows to make a living if he has a sufficient 

 capital or if he has unpaid help from the family, even 

 though his labor income is no better than a hired-man's 

 wages. 



Suppose a man has $10,000 capital and has the help 

 of a son whose labor is worth $300. If he receives $1000 

 above all farm expenses, he ought to be saving money. 

 But the use of his capital is worth $500 and the son's time 

 $300. This leaves $200 as pay for the farmer's work or 

 his labor income. If he were in debt for the farm, and had 

 to pay his son, he could barely live. 



The principle shown by these results is probably of 

 universal application wherever men do the milking, 

 however well or poorly the production of milk at whole- 

 sale prices may pay. The combination of this with the 

 proper cash crops or some other work is almost certain to 

 pay better. 



COMBINING FARMING WITH OTHER ENTERPRISES 



94. Occasionally farming may be combined with 

 other work. The idea of combining farming with some 

 sort of winter manufacturing is constantly coming up. 

 Sometimes.it is recommended for farmers, and sometimes 

 it is a philanthropic scheme to establish a factory and farm 

 community that shall use the inefficient persons from 

 the city and at the same time figure out a handsome 

 profit. 



The idea of locating factories in small towns where 

 each workman may have a little land for a cow, hens, 

 and a garden has been proved a success by thousands 

 of tests. But having a garden that helps to feed the 



