Farming More Profitable Than Ever 



Viewed as a financial proposition, farming is more at- 

 tractive today than ever before. All staples are selling 

 at figures which give liberal profits. While the farmer 

 is not being overpaid, compared to business people gen- 

 erally, he is in a position to make money faster than it 

 has heretofore been made in agriculture. He is inde- 

 pendent and secure. 



A well located farm of ioo acres ought to show a net 

 profit of $2,000 a year. It will do this if operated with 

 fair business sagacity. It can be made to do more in the 

 hands of a person who is able to apply scientific knowl- 

 edge together with good business methods. 



A person starting with sufficient capital and going 

 in for fruit, flowers, fine poultry and some of the other 

 fancy lines will clean up $2,000 or more on a tract of 

 twenty to forty acres. This is being done in a few cases, 

 and market demands are such that it can be accomplished 

 by thousands of others. 



Location may not determine the success of a farmer, 

 but it has much to do with the kind of produce which is 

 raised. Near a large city it is profitable to give special 

 attention to dairy and poultry products, fruit, vegetables 

 and flowers. In cases of less favorable location, when 

 shipping is more difficult, live stock, grain, potatoes, 

 onions and hay are the best staples to cultivate. 



It is the general belief that farmers should diversify 

 their crops, so that a failure of one crop or low prices for 

 that crop would leave him other products to fall back on. 

 There are other reasons. There is no single crop that 

 keeps farm labor busy all of the time, but by a proper com- 



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