64 THE BUSINESS OF FARMING 



the shift from one business to another, agriculture, taking 

 the world as a whole, will always continue to be a primary 

 and fundamental occupation. Other occupations build upon 

 it to a greater degree than it builds upon other occupations. 



39. When is a Farmer Successful ? A man succeeds, in a 

 business way, if he makes more than he spends, and this 

 business success is necessary to most other success. Be- 

 fore one can have music, books, or other means of fully 

 satisfying the higher life, one must have money or credit. 



A SUCCESSFUL FARM. 

 Note the number of wheat stacks. 



Credit usually comes from the application of good sense 

 and intelligence to business ; and the more credit the 

 farmer has, the greater will be his opportunities to grade 

 up his stock, install improvements and conveniences, and 

 support such social and uplifting activities in his neighbor- 

 hood as will awaken rural manhood. 



Among the most successful farmers of the United 

 States are those of southeastern Pennsylvania. Lancaster 

 County, for example, has led all others for more than half 

 a century in the valuation of farm produce. Its soil is as 

 rich and productive to-day as it was two generations ago. 



