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THE ARCHITECTURAL RECORD 
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How Big a Business is a Farm? 
V ERY few farmers who have only 
$5,000 invested in the business em¬ 
ploy much, if any, hired labor. In fact, a 
farm with this amount of capital is usu¬ 
ally a one-man farm. The graduate of a 
college who would act as superintendent 
of this farm should be able to do all the 
work himself, if not interfered with too' 
much by the owner. There would usually 
be nothing left for the owner to do and no- 
other hired help to board. 
A farmer running such a farm would 
ordinarily make a labor income of about 
$350. A person who is not so vitally in¬ 
terested would not be likely to run the 
farm so well. It takes more ability to run 
such a place and make any profit than it 
does to run a larger enterprise success¬ 
fully. A graduate of a college of agri¬ 
culture who has the experience and the 
ability that are necessary to make a profit 
on such a farm is a man who can earn 
$800 to $1,200 a year in any of several 
different kinds of work. In short, this 
represents too small a business to make it 
pay to hire a graduate. 
A few farmers who use this amount of 
capital are doing well, but they are the ex¬ 
ception. A considerable number who- 
know how to farm are doing well when 
the owned capital is not more than $5,000 
and when nearly as much more is bor¬ 
rowed. It is not safe for any but expe¬ 
rienced farmers to be so heavily in debt. 
Another way of obtaining more capital is 
to be a, renter. Many renters with less 
than $5,000 of their own are doing well. 
Tudging by the profits that farmers 
make, 5 per cent, of the capital would be 
very high pay for a manager. It will be 
seen at once that no small business would 
justify one in employing a graduate of an 
agricultural college as a manager. Usu¬ 
ally it requires a wise investment of $20,- 
000 to $40,000 in order to justify one in 
employing a really good graduate of a col¬ 
lege of agriculture who has had good farm 
experience and good business experience. 
A general or dairy farm with this 
amount of capital will usually employ 
three to six men. A good manager of 
such a farm does not conduct his business 
from an office; he should be at work with 
the men and should do as much farm work 
as any other man on the place. No in¬ 
dustry can afford a non-working foreman 
for so few workers. 
In sixteen townships in three counties 
the 23 most profitable farms selling market 
milk at wholesale had an average capital 
of $19,728. Their average area was 257 
acres, of which 154 acres were in harvested 
crops. 
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