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Show ; loites on Large Farm. It would be Interesting to know, could It be known, as to bow much the i country ba lost thiough the excessive ! size of the average farm. When the farm la unduly large It I not properly tilled and, therefore. It doe not produce pro-duce a It ought to. When farm thus overlarge are In process of tiling, proper cultivation and suitable for til Izatlon cannot be given. Whit I grown cannot be properly husbanded; hence there la waste that would not otherwise other-wise occur. What la a suitable size for a farm cannot be atated In acre. One man may find a quarter section not lartto enough, while the quarter secthi) alongside of It may be quite too large for another man. Men differ more in their capacity to maange farm thsn farm da In their fertility. Penally, however, the avarice of the average man lead him to desire more acre than he can use to the best advantage, provided be can obtain them. |