8 THE NEW BUSINESS OF FARMING 



greater the labor income; the greater the di- 

 versity of work (within limits), the better the 

 yearly use of labor ; the larger the farm, the less 

 per acre cost of machinery and the more effi- 

 cient its use. Every office boy can quote these 

 business axioms ; but farming did not seem like 

 a business and such rules were thought not to 

 apply. 



Many a city man has written to an agricul- 

 tural college for help. He has announced that 

 he has saved five thousand dollars and wishes 

 to buy a farm. Until he is ready to undertake 

 the job himself he wishes to hire a graduate to 

 manage the farm. Will they please advise as to 

 farms and recommend a graduate capable of the 

 contract. 



How many well-paid managers would a con- 

 servative city business of five thousand dollars ' 

 capital support? And remember that in farm- 

 ing the capital is turned over only once a year, 

 at the best. 



Gulliver proclaimed the benefit to humanity 

 of raising two blades of grass where but one 

 grew before. It sounded too good to be dis- 



