The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-20

operation without doubt. and tend gradu-
ally, as / have shown, toward centraliz-
ing the ownership Of American farms
Moreover. the farmer is helping the
movement along. Living in any OF the
States between Pennsylvania and Colo
rado, he has prospered and sent his chill
dren to the university, and they, edu-
Gated beyond the farm, as he and they
think, have left home TO be physicians,
lawyers. preachers. SchOOl-Teachers, or
business men, or the wives OF the same.
Staying on his land until he is too old
for active management, the farmer rents
st and moves to town. A tenant class.
therefore, is coming into existence more
rapidly than ever before, and will be
greatly increased when capitalists dis
cover they can buy land, hire competent
superintendent, and make dividends on
the capital employed Only the compe-
tent superintendent are now lacking
expect 10 see corporations ia control of
immense areas OF agricultural lands and
the business methods Of manufactures
and railroads applied TO the raising Of
crops"
Money Is Necessary.
Can the impoverished farms of the
East be made fertile without the expen-
eAAaN-V "a At+ % a4AtVGAANH VI money
No Money is necessary that is, cash
or time and toll. both Of which are money
in another form. Worn out lands can
be rebuilt but the process requires two
or three years When a man Is willing
TO work and wait, having capital mean
while on which TO live, he can surely
turn waste Of weeds and brush into a
comfortable home. l advised a woman
in Maryland the other day TO plant her
land this fall in rye to plow the rye
under next spring and plant cowpeas
and TO pillow the cowpeas under next fall,
and then to plant timothy and clover for
a paying crop. The advice Is good for
New England and New York, only the
cowPeas can be omitted, as there Is
more humus, or decayed vegetable mat
ter, IN the soils of the North, where the
climate Is cool. than in the South"
Who Is the greatest farmer you have
ever known?"
You have asked an unanswerable ques-
ton. Farmers are often specialists. Still
have two men in mind when I think
or talk OF successful agriculturists. one
OF them is William Dempster Hoard, an
editor and formerly the governor OF Wis
consin. He owns and runs a dairy farm
OF l2o acres, perhaps, near the town of
Fort Atkinson. The moment / saw his
fields, barns, fences, and cows / knew
had come upon the work Of an agricul-
tural genius. Not a penny is wasted on
the Hoard farm. 1t is stocked with
Guernsey cattle and pays a good interest
on the money used. The second farmer
whom l ike to think about is T. r
Martin. he lives on seventy acres near
Rochester. N. Y. and raises potatoes.
clover, and wheat. His lawn is fun Of
roses and flowers and his vegetable gar
den is a work OF arr. In his home are
books and newspapers and all the com
forts OF a city house Mr.. Martin. on
small farm. has made money and he has
lived systematically, intelligently. and
cheerfully. He, too, is an agricultural
genius. President w. c. Brown. of the
New York Central Railway, heard of
him, and now he is establishing model
farms along the railroad that other farm
ers may see how TO work and live TO the
best advantage"
Would it be possible for a man from
the city VINO doesn't know ANYTHING
about farming to make a living in the
cOuntry?'
Certainly not, but with capital indus
Try Intelligence, perseverance, and brains
he can learn the business and succeed
finally. A poor and an inexperienced man
would almost starve 10 death at the
plow. as the farmer would starvel if he
We're TO attempt to be~a tailor or a shoe
maker. Only the best OF farmers are
making money as II is. ] venture TO say
that most Of them would earn more.
from year to year. II they were to hire
FOR oc M 10
IF you meant TO be farmer. where