The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-02-24
THE CAPITAL REQUIRED TO START
A FARM
An Investment of $4,000 Would Yield
a Good Return.

The question Of how much capital IL
required 10 start a farm viii depend
largely upon the business ability OF the
farmer that Is 10 be-. Some men trained
10 modern business methods and in addf-
ton having had an agricultural college
education would find $4,000 sufficient,
while others would be unable TO make
headwav with twice that amount. II =
safe to say that $4,000 is the minimum
sum with which to start il there Is the
expectation Of making any sort Of re-
spectacle living for a moderate family.
Taking $4,000, then. as basis, the
first problem will be where 20 locate.
In the central states the price of suit
able land il almost prohibitive, bring.
ing from $50 10 S225 or more per acre.
while the far West is chiefly suitable
for larger undertakings Ia all prob.
ability the best chance would be east OF
the Mississippi between latitude 30 and
Is. which embraces North Carolina. Ten
nessee. the lower part Of Maine west
ward. including New York, the lower
mart al the Province Of Ontario. Canada,
and the southern half OF Michigan and
Wisconsin. Throughout this section ca
cellent farms NAV he had for prices
ranging from $50 70 500 an acre, includ.
ing buildings.
Some Matters To Be Considered
Before choosing one however. the foi
lowing matters should b. carefully con
sidercd. Proportion Of capital 10 BE- IN
vested On lands and buildings amount 70
he spent on implements and stock what
the cash crops are 30 be- number Of la
borcrs 10 h. employees particular mar.
kets e. b. developed To b. on the safe
side financially. one-third Of the capital
should 20 into lands AND buildings one.
third into stock and tools, and The bal
anoc reserved for working capital For
the sum. then. 81 so 500 cash. about 80
acres 81 excellent farm land with build
inps are 20 b. had in the section mon
toned above Regarding the decision 81
what 3 20 o. raised. q thorough inves-
tiratinn IN the nearest large city 81 %
What products are chiefly in demand is
necessary. Ina general way however e
win ~ safe Is put down 3 f09 Tor tools
- per the following list, Plough, SIS
Bsk harrow. e2s aarme harrow SIS
eultivator. s92S. manure spreader SIS
Grain aFiH. $50. roller ESQ., carn plant
-. fl2. moving machine. horse 80
v-erfer ef2t tav teider st0s enalare
cutter. $50. wagon. s1ti portable raso-
lanr engine. a351s potato rlow sGi spray
ruup. sZ hand wher hnr with attach
mants. en-. farm bafurss f8sut'f s35
rtaw harness itgahla 500. single bar
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