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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I ESSENTIALS OF SUCCESS 1
II MEANS OF ACQUIRING LAND 14
III FARM ORGANIZATION 31
IV OPPORTUNITIES IN AGRICULTURE 44
V WHERE TO LOCATE 57
VI SIZE OF FARM 64
VII SELECTION OF FARM 71
VIII THE FARM SCHEME 88
IX THE ROTATION OF CROPS 101
X THE EQUIPMENT 109
XI HOW TO ESTIMATE PROFITS 117
XII GRAIN AND HAY FARMING 135
XIII THE COST OF FARMING OPERATIONS 148
XIV THE PLACE OF INTENSIVE FARMING 162
XV REASONS FOR ANIMAL HUSBANDRY 172
XVI RETURNS FROM ANIMALS 185
XVII FARM LABOR 195
XVIII SHIPPING 210
XIX MARKETING 220
XX LAWS AFFECTING LAND AND LABOR 233
XXI RURAL LEGISLATION 248
XXII RURAL FORCES 268

THE YOUNG FARMER:
SOME THINGS HE SHOULD KNOW

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CHAPTER I

ESSENTIALS OF SUCCESS

Columella, the much traveled Spanish-Roman writer of the first century
A. D., said that for successful farming three things are essential:
knowledge, capital and love for the calling. This statement is just as
true today as it was when written 1900 years ago by this early writer
on European agriculture.

Every man who loves the calling and has an ambition to become a
successful farmer should understand that no two of these essentials
are sufficient, but that all three are necessary. Although this is so
simple as to be almost axiomatic, it is indeed surprising how few
people believe a knowledge of farming is really essential to success.

America is strewn with cases of failure, in farming, by men investing
capital acquired in other business. In nine cases out of ten failure
has been due to lack of knowledge of farming.

There is known to the writer an expert mineralogist and metallurgist.
On the subject of coal and gold mining he can give the most valuable
information. H