The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-05-16

en- acre are made A. X. Pierce.
raising potatoes, and still In another
section enormous returns are TO De
made from apple orchards.
None OF these highly polished tales
but what can be and are duplicated
right here in Michigan, and IL Is safe
% say, at less cost for production.
rs Oakland county apple orchards this
year are returning 70 their owners
from $500 TO $500 per acre. Cucumbers
Brought from SIS TO 800 an acre, and
Il has been poor year tthere are
any 81 these poor Seers aoesn
SOD and potatoes are yielding anywhere
from S76 to 5000 per acre, according
60 when the farmer sold them:
Land can be secured in Michigan as
cheaply as anywhere, and no matter
& where you locate In this state you are
in touch. by rail or boat, with all the
treat markets OF the east and middle
west
Five or six miles here In Michigan
seem a long way but out in western
Canada six times six miles is as near
as many ever get TO shipping point,
What chance have they 10 raise
poultry, cucumbers, tomatoes, apples
or any OF the large money returning
crops so blattantly portrayed by the
irrepressible publicity agent?
They have no chance at all, for tle
simple reason these crops and products
must be produced near their market,
and here in Michigan We have the mar
ket
supposing a young man and his wife
have $4,000 to invest. Instead OF going
west why not buy small farm right
here In Michigan. near some Boou
market town and raise poultry, toma-
toes. cucumbers, etc. Start small or
fhard, snlarging II as fast as Is pos.
acres and in twelve years time this
enma young man will be better OF nm
1nciAlly, than the one who goes west
or into the wilds of western Canada.
Provided. OF course, both are equally
good workers have their health and
meet with no misfortunes,
The next time you pick up glowing
tale OF great riches to be made In
some faT-oA Eldorado. printed in red,
green and gold. just take a pencil and
paper and write down the names OF
the successful farmers in your section,
and then rest assured that, In those
far away places, successful men are
Just as numerous--and no more So
as they are right here.
A poultry raiser once told the writer
that his flock OF 500 was netting him
100 per cent on his investment and II
he were nearer a big market the re-
turns would be 125 per cent, and we
had no reason to doubt his word for
he had made the raising OF poultry a
study and business.
Think Of raising poultry In western
Canada, a thousand miles from the
nearest large market and then put
your finger on a spot In Michigan
where you are not In touch with the
great markets at Chicago, Detroit,
Buffalo, Cleveland and one might say
In the north. west and south farm
ers specialize, and raise largely one
crop and when that falls. as u or,en
years work III he Is poor man IL
means working for someone else until
another start can be made.
In Michigan farming Is dlversineu
and the wise farmer does not place all
his eggs In one basket-he does not
have to--for he can raise anything ex-
cept tropical fruits here. Hence
Michigan farmer Is one OF the most IN
dependent men In these United States
for he has his living or his own farm
even In the poorest Of years.
Without any exaggeration We feel
safe IN saying that you may take any
people away from Michigan, and for
every one, you can ind one in that
very line here In Michigan TO beat It.
or at least equal II.
Take the successful farmer. fruit
grower or dairyman In your own sec
ton. He did not have to go west. or TO
western Canada to succeed, did ne!
Why not?
81 Because he has studied his business
and as he could, until today he ID
anccess In his line.
Flake the life Of Frank Crandall OF
HOWELL. Fifteen or twenty years ago
he was a poor man. He saw chance
10 buy a farm on a contract and went
III debt something like $4,000. Today
he doesn't owe dollar on that farm
and is probably worth as much more.
How did he succeed?
I BY making q study OF his business
and turning deaf ear to the tales OF
Untold wealth awaiting the seeker, as
sung by the siren clothed In red,
green and gold.
Her song is sweet. for IL tells OF
things you know not OF, and when
sought after, Is, more often than not,
like the pot OF gold at the rainbow's
xoot--never found.
REASON NUMBER TWO.
Stripped OF all verbiage. fads, fan
Giles and frills, the one great object
OF human endeavor through all the
ages. and the consuming desire OF the
race. may be boiled down to one word
--HAPPINESSi
The most colossal blunder OF the