The New York herald., 1922-06-18

many successful men who have
started in small way. with only a
small branch of agriculture or horti-
culture. and made a success of it,
that / feel quite safe in advising
young men to enter this kind of ca
reer. providing first and always they
have a natural taste for dealing with
the soil. Young men have made a
pronounced success within my
range of vision in growing rhubar'
or cauliflower or celery. or feeding
lambs. or raising poultry, or growing
roses or violets. and / am inclined
more and more to think there is no
limit to endeavor along these lines"
Actual Income to Be
Made From the Land
But TO suggest here the unspoken
thought of the modern young man.
That is encouraging, to be sure;
but what sort of an income can be
made from the land?" Well, in dol
lars and cents. a larger return on
the capital invested can be made
from soil culture than from any
ether business operation except
gambling. A list was secured by
Prof. Card of typical representative
agriculturists engaged in differen
limos Of u-orL- opd locato1 In x,or;ouS
parts of the United States. and ques-
tons were sent them asking for
plain business statement regarding
the management of and the returns
from their farms. Answers and fig
ures were obtained from fortyseven
OF them. and among these some of
the land was managed by firms, in
cluding. brothers. or father and son.
or friends. &c, which. being taken
into consideration. made fifty-six
persons share in the returns which
these farms yielded. The net result
showed the average salary received
by each of the fifty-six persons. af-
ter deducting all running expenses.
5 per cent. interest on the capital
invested. per cent. for deprecia-
tion and insurance on buildings and
10 per cent. for depreciation on
teams and tools. was sl.Soo.4O. These
were. of course, picked farmers and
we'll known in their several COM
so the returns may be con-
sidered perhaps above the average.
but they are by no means excep-
tional.
II the young college graduate were
only able to disillusion himself of the
idea that successful farms are run by
ignorant, brainless, ne'er-do-wells,
who could succeed in no other possi-
BILE vocation, perhaps the chief him
drance TO reaching successful goal
in agriculture would be eliminated.
For just the reverse is true. To be
able to make from $1,000 TO $4,000
or $1,000 net from the land requires.
il anything. more brains and ability
than to make the same amount at a
desk in town. To illustrate this
point more fully: take a man en-
gagged in the manufacture and sale
of wooden blankets.
II is necessary he should know the
different kinds of wool from bgin-
ming to end; he must be thoroughly
familiar with all sorts OF dyestuffs:
the entire process of weaving and the
cost of raw material. labor and the
selling of the same must all be
known to him. But in contrast here
are some of the fundamental details
of which the ambitious agriculturist
must have generous supply of
value of land the different compost
tions of soils and chemical needs OF
the same: the requirements of the
various kinds of crops and the chem
ical fertilizers best suited 10 each
one: he must understand the breed
ing. selection and care of all kinds
OF live stock. including the scientific
balancing OF rations. as well as the
market value of millfeeds and
grains; he must be able to take ad-
vantage Of market conditions in the
purchase of these at all times; he
must know how TO dispose of his
goods IN the utmost odvanto9a. ha