Arizona republican., 1902-03-05


 horses and tools for his own use. When these things had been accomplished, he rented another farm. and at the end Of the third year, when he was - years old. ne had balance in the , bank of more than S3.20o.
 Young Allerton decided tp go west. believing tho chances for advance ement ! Were better there than in the crowded ! east. He settled near Bloomington. 7 H.. and began buying. grazing, and , feeding cattle Success attended him { from tha start, and ere long he built i up a profitable business ill shipping < cattle to Chicago. The panic of 1851 | swept away the greater part of his i capital. but he started anew in Chi | cago-this time as q cattle buyer. Cat i tie buying was then done in three l months of the year. The newcomer es- i tablished the practice of buying 1 through the year. and in so doing gave stability and permanencY to the live stocG5 trade in Chicago His fortune grew with the trade. and before middle 9 ge he had become a prosperous farm CT. He foresaw the advantage of mix
 ing brains with the soil,
 Mr. .Allerto1. however. never lost sight of his first love. and, as soon IS he had money, he began tn buy and operate farms He believed that farm ing could be made to pay on q big as well as a small scale. and he set tu work with will to prove the faith that was in him. The system of farms owned by him contains upward of S0.
 o00 acres. and is managed from the owners Chicago office. but with such skill and efficiency that single farm in the chain. which contains 5000 acres. and cost $70.OGO. has been made to yield q net annual profit of more than half that sum. A long-distance telephone connects each farm with the office of it's owner. and hv it's use he Is enabled to keep in as close touch with it's affairs as if h. followed the blow seeded the land. and went into the harvest field himself; and on the otnes hand. he is prepared to take ad- vantage of every turn in the price of pr ;dI,-e. thus assuring an added profit of many thousand dollars in the course of q year.
 Mir. Al,erton is wont to declare that lack cf system is the curse of the aver age farmer. 3y his own methods of farming. things move smoothly in well defined channels and the enterprise is operated with the ease and precision of g well oiled machine. Each farm has | its foreman. who looks after the Work men. executes the orders issued from | the central office. and keeps the chief l promptly informed as to the local con ditfon@. The detail bookkeeping is | done at the central office. all expenses being paid by draft through the local bank. and the foreman: has orly to see 1 to 1t that he secures and forwards i proper voucher for every item of cN- pense.
 1 AIr Alle~ton believes that land needs
 rest. the same as human beings. and
 cvel-y field in his many farms IS turned | into pasture. once in three years. and
 given a>ciance for q seasons rest and enrichment. He also sees to t that his employees live in comfort. and have q fai~ opportunity to earn something for
 themselves. Ali the houses are keot in good repair. and especial care $ taken to supply conVeniences which l lessen the labor of the housewife. The family of each farmer is furnished i with d certain number of cows. and allowed to keep the proceeds Of the sab cf any butter that may not 2c reeGed for the household. Each farm has it's orchard and small fruits for ths use of tEc occupants, who are also
 encouraged to plant large gardens, and | l.ea;, .hefn in good condition. while the | wives and children are given all the poultry they raise. \ part uf the
 equipment of every farm is q buggy
 fol, the use nc the young men employed | thereon, and Mr. Allerto.t sees 1c .j
 that there is q good school in the
 neighborhood for the children. The re-
 suit of this liberal policy is 8 small
 army of men contented with their lot
 and eager to keep their places. Many
 of AIr. Ailerton's employees have snu2
 suns laid by for q rainy day. and h5
 points with pride to the fact that tine
 foreman of his largest farm is wortF
 S16.o0o and lives in comfort that some
 city men who make that amount every
 year can't provide from their incomes