CHAPTER IX 



THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE INDIVIDUAL 



The best chance for the individual is the cul- 

 tivation of personal efficiency. 



We have been studying the general principles 

 underlying success in farming. The average 

 success is made by following these rules, with 

 only such changes as the immediate conditions 

 warrant. The farmer who wishes to increase 

 his income had best follow the methods thereby 

 suggested but add to his returns by becoming 

 more proficient in each controlling factor. 



Of two farmers, side by side with apparently 

 the same general equipment of stock and ma- 

 chinery, one will grow rich and the other will 

 grow poor. It is the personal equation. The 

 factor that controls is the man at the head of the 

 business. It was this that the Chief of the Bu- 

 reau of Farm Management meant when he said : 



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