Show e FARMING PAYS The progressive farmers are not mak making making making ing any complaint about bout the f law aw the high prices excessive railroad rates rate s or anything else They are too busy bus Y figuring up the profits of last seasons season Ys s endeavors when they are not at work won k putting inthis in hi this years crops The tillers tiller s of ot the soil solI aro are prosperous more so than tha n sn at any previous time In the history of o othe f the United States One Illinois agriculturist agriculturist agriculturist H J has given Wallace Wallaces 3 Farmer Fanner the following itemized state statement statement ment meat of ot the profits of his farm lann of 24 3 acres for tor the year 1909 From 33 cows milk and calves s From hogs From 45 acres wheat 5 From sheep wool and lambs From team of horses From five cows and heifers From chickens From eggs 1326 From potatoes 2810 For hauling gravel 3 Various little things 2870 D Total He paid out for tor cow feed teed for hog feed tred feed for tor slop for tor labor total 2772 This leaves a balance of sold from the farm tarm But Illinois farmers are not the only ones who are making money From a Spokane paper the following figures are taken showing the tho success attained by bya a farmer near Pullman In the state of Washington on his farm tarm of acres In 1908 50 60 acres of alfalfa seed 1400 16 acres of red clover seed 28 acres broom grass seed 20 acres meadow oat grass 15 acres orchard 1400 14 0 12 acres corn cor 8 S acres potatoes 15 16 acres oats Hogs 1000 8 colts Total profit The same story could be told by thou thousands thousands thousands sands of ot farmers tanners all over the country There are no lean years in the agricultural agricultural tural districts because there is Is a mar market market market ket for tor everything that can be raised at atgood atgood atgood good prices Even when all the avail available available available able land In the United States is brought under cultivation the farming business will still be highly profitable on account of the great increase of population In Inthe inthe the cities titles and towns There are the best of ot reasons why the back to the farm movement should succeed |