La Junta tribune., 1910-08-20

rvo or THE M.Brs THAT HELrKD TO PAr
ron fAhM.
would all sell for SloO an ncre. Add
to this his cattle and horses and ma.
chinery and a few incidentnis. such us
bank stock and the ike. and he has
fortune approrimating 100000
This has all been made In farming
Corn has been his speciality. and 1t has
always been marketed In the form OF
cattle. He has always used the most
modern machinery and the best equip
menr that money can buy. IL has been
the same with heip. His foremen ars
men who can get results He furnishes
them with automobiles TO take them
from farm TO farm because he has
found that II pays In the time saved.
He attributes his success to close per.
sonai attention and the application Of
business methods TO farming
Another man who has made millions
In farming - Colonel James n. Smith
Ut Georgia Colonel Smith started
raisin. corn and cotton on . rundown
quarter section In Ogiethorpe county
soon after the war. The frst year he
lost t+U Last year his net profits
were SIU.0CO In the Meantime his
farm has increased to 1900 acres
Colonel Smith WAS one Of the tirst men
TO build cottonscsd oil mills and make
= pront froin what formerly had bcen
= waste product. His farm was tween
~ n,e mil~u from the nearest railroad.
but he solved the problem by building
q rnilsoad OF his own lie has always
been = personal friend Of all hi. men.
white aud black alike. He has pro
vid-d well equipped schools for both
employees. Cnlike David Rankin. who
never had even q common school edu-
cation. Colonel Smith Is q college grad.
uste. He learned TO handle men In
the army. ana be applied the ssme or.
rnnixstion to his farm work with
great results.
Colonel smiths success has demon.
straied what eau be done on the farm
land Of th. south one OF his 90
acre farms year ago yielded &.sU
bushels OF wheat and 20 bales OF cot
ton The wheat sold for 81 n bushel
aud the cotton for $50 a bale. making
total Income from the farm OF xlt.
$40 Anet rakin. out the expenses
| there was a net prodt Of f5i nn acre
This might well make even n Missls
sippi valley farmer cnvious
The west has been hernldcd as the
land of opportunity In the early days.
when land could be had almost for the
asking and the cattle business wna at
Its best. n young man OF the name Of
Henry Miller started out to make q
fortune In the rnnch business. To-day
be 10 worth SaO.UnO.0Oo lie once an.
nounced thni be hoped some day 10
own the whole state Of California. in
this he did not succeed. although his
holdings In California amount TO 6oO..
900 scrrs. He aIso has large tracts
Of ,and In Nevada and Oregon.
The ranch business h on the decline
IL tue west. and what vas once one
mass cattle ranch 10 uow being cut
up to make farms for the hundreds
Of thouasnds os land hungry settlers
who are pouring into what II still
The land Of opportunity" About
twenty year ago an lows farmer soh
Q half section Of land. paid bis debts.
and. with sevep or eight thousand
doliars IN cash. . wife and four chill.
drsn. started fos Arisona. He located
in the salt river valley. bought %
nurh Of the cheap land - bic mons3
would pay for and ~ oct 10 leass
iPsisatino fasmibG he lsasnsd Il weu
aNo made mossy. Tte ssrp,us weet
- bsy ooes as1. Hs js,os1 ~