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Show Y Small Farms. V , One of the mistakes of the times is fko ootmlar belief that everything in a busi- """yiess way must be big. The idea baa I grown out of our haste to grow wealthy V and from superficial calculation, such as, J if one acre pays $100. 100 acres would I pay $10,000. Men seldom make such I money out of vary large orchards, and f while a source of envy to small holders I they are often, in fact, jnst holding on or are running ahead on borrowed capi- I tal. The men who make money and are J " getting rich out of horticultural pursuits are those who do not attempt more than i they can look after personally. From 1 ten to eighty acres are the sized tracts which pay the highest per cent of profit, ' if they are properly conducted. The idea that a living cannot be wade out of pmall place has retarded many from going go-ing into a business in which they might a now bo making an independent living. California Fruit Grower. |