Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-08-13


nroducas so little income as this The
daiIv living which must be charged to
i,,cnnoo wo,,,d amount ia more than this
70 he General farmer comes out even"
a. Tho end NJ the year. he has. neyerthe-
a., ,,,aha a Good rate on his invest
80, 10 nd ,,o ~ iroreased tho value of
III. - a., tho came time The diff
H., ,,.itb t.rr,irc corsidared from the
f1,anci,I noint of viev. is not that the
rato ~ irco,ne j. low but that the a.
mount of nroftable investment is small
Corsi1orod In lis hearing on the national
,oIsaro tbis fact is nronitious for it
r,oans maj The farm provides an indie
rordont business for persons of small
rosourcos Considered as a means of pro-
ducirg f-roat Individual fortunes. however
10 forn, is INADEQUATE. and it is to be
honed thar II always will be so. for at
Inast ono great profession or business
Ln,,id ho ,oooe,,rad in other terms than
money producing power for the indi-
,.id,,oi
There is untold wealth in the soil.
There arc practically no exhausted
IL NJ ono hos ever vot reached the
init ~, any considerable scale. of what
no coll is canabIe of PRODUCING Many
NOV mako a comfortable living on ten
10 arr acrcs of land. and vet they al
.a,., oxract 70 nroduce more next year
Cni,. boro ord thore are we beginning
10 iovo1ono a really scientific and bust
rnes like arriculture
c,hn ornortunitios in farming are great.
II ie almost in,nossible for a man TO fail,
IL no knows he business and has abili-
lbs mar would lead him to SUCCESS in
o,bor ,,ndortakinrs It is a general be-
49, mo, ,1r,ost any man can leave the
civ and make a living on a farm. This
10 a orievous error. Farming must be
iearned os must engineering or teaching
I, cannon he learned from a. book or a
\
n,nr whnn he makes a radical change
~ business the loss are his chances Of
| s,,ccnse II he has been in a subordinate
/ roei,ion in his former business his
cbarces ~ success i'm farming are less,
| for he viii nrohablv he deficient in exc
cutivo handling and initiative. Often a
ar,,c,o;st ar n nroachor will think that he
! 90, or 10 f,rnoire, with every assurance
| ~ snccoss. vet no would not think that a
| en,,,1o. co'ld 90 into n drug store busi-
rass ~ 70 nreocbine vet MANY a bust.
80 ,r,ar nv r,onv nreacher makes
- ,,,ost s,,ccecsf,l farmer
nv" ,eSor,, ta,chirg lie having n nro.
,o,,,,1 ;,aarraco an Tie IDEALS and the nrac
80 -, the farmer Rocause the far.
80 t,i,Ii,,ers ra,,,,ir ,bo same Tho mas.
-, enc 70 500 ary change hut the
trat,Sod ,hso,r,er sees tho change in the
| $50 oattIo nor acro the qraat nunbe,
80 sios tha bettar tilled and more pro
| vol
us,oa sr,,i, niontatinns tho aNscient
.i',t,.,e hn,'sos tbn tools ard machines
~, Iou,, tbo u,atar e,,nnlias anc
w $40 =. 80 tha hattor turr
g. sie,i6cart ro,r,r of tho ch,rr
ino noint 81 yinu, is shown in the nossin,
s o,d nor,rionsnsss 1,his is nar
,'o,J t 'u 49, " tSn rroat aqricui
-. 49," ,ians % H. W., Ir n,n,
So e. irstorco ,ba fa,,r,ors ar,
ota.'9 10 tt, ,,Wai,' a.,
ne" 80 fnn ,',rio,,t,''noi 7',,,aras
'.ipn No. ~ ar;cI,I,,,raI suhtect
saS LA .on, $500 a,od r,oirtaino,
I'a"'. we - 80 rohts r,art,s ~,
40 any ,s n,,i, '' ''''''
iis' W ~ 'uo ~, VIZ ,, ,ho land
,r, :, pSt.J 80 go, T., ~ ,,arts Of ~,
inu"s"'', 90. ,nis ,rho nia Eastorr on,
$500 So, o,,,. &c ,ron1 onartrr
- bo so,,,,a ~ no co,,,try Coz,
as arc ~ oo va n,o - W e, ,ba Eost ma,
i'', ne van rr, ',', Vest Markets ar