RURAL LIFE IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY 



using. Most of the large farms owned by city men of 

 wealth are not managed on a strictly business basis. 

 The equipment and the methods employed are not in 

 keeping with the farm receipts. The wealthy manu- 

 facturer, for example, does not use the same kind of 

 business methods on his farm that he does in his shops. 

 He does not expect the same degree of efficiency in his 

 farm help as he does in his factory help. He often 

 looks on the farm as a plaything, as a place to spend 

 money, and not to make it. We would not imply that 

 there is no place in business farming for the man of 

 wealth. He might well show that there is good profit 

 on a considerable investment of capital in farming oper- 

 ations, but he must adopt the same rigid business meth- 

 ods that other lines of business follow. In fact, there 

 are now several large farms In the county that are 

 being managed on a sound business basis and are 

 showing good profit from the investment of consider- 

 able capital. 



The other class of country homes, owned by men 

 whose business is mainly in the city, is represented by 

 those estates that control only limited areas and are 

 located in spots chosen for their natural beauty and 

 developed with a view to making a pleasant, restful 

 country home with land enough to afford the family all 

 of the choice farm products that can readily be supplied. 

 Such places can make use of nature's abundance to de- 



