108 THE NEW BUSINESS OF FAEMING 



the city. The work on the farm is not subject 

 to such sudden ups and downs as is that in the 

 city. A farmer learns patience and faith, for he 

 does little that returns to him " to-morrow. ' ' 

 His fields are improved by rotations that need 

 five years to cover the first round and two cir- 

 cuits to show results ; his stock is improved by 

 the slow process of replacement, daughters and 

 daughters' daughters, unto the fifth and sixth 

 generation, in his dairy. The city man puts his 

 accumulation in the bank in the form of money 

 or bonds, and sometimes in additional plant 

 which usually is readily salable ; but the farmer 

 stows away much of his growing capital in the 

 added fertility of the farm, the better live stock, 

 and the more successful farm management. 



Financial panics have less effect upon farm- 

 ers than upon any other class of business men. 

 Food is always a necessity; wars may devastate 

 or panics bankrupt the nation, but the people 

 must continue to eat. Markets may be cur- 

 tailed and the demand for quality lowered, but 

 food will always be needed. The farmer will 

 ever have a sale for his produce. 



