THE NEW BUSINESS OF FARMING 



100% 



Nine hundred and ninety-nine business men 

 out of a thousand, on simply looking over that 

 statement, would write across its face: "Slow 

 Returns." 



And yet those very same men would buy a 

 farm for $100,000.00, one-half of which would 

 be for fine dwellings, magnificent views, fancy 

 barns and what not, and plan out a system of 

 farming which was to show a net profit of $10,- 

 000.00 the first year. 



It cannot be done. 



More than one man has built a dairy barn at 

 a cost per cow of a thousand dollars. Interest, 

 insurance, depreciation, will make an annual 

 charge of $100.00 per animal for housing alone. 

 Few cows bring in this sum gross in a year. A 



