Show THE HERS FARMERS INNING INN A matter of national national indeed indeed of worldwide importance ance in the history of the tIle last decade is if the fact that at length the farmer of the United States is having his inning For some years now he has bas been gett getting ng good prices for all his products Several Sev Se eral results have followed from this state of things and arid others are arc yet Jet to follow 1 L The farmer has hns been paying his debts and clearing his farm from financial incumbrance 2 lie TIc has been making needed long repairs to his premises and building larger and better bettel accommodations accommodation for his growing business 2 lie ile has been buying new machinery machiner tools and wagons 4 He has become a larger employer employer em em- player and wage 5 His family has become better customers of the retail stores and his boys and girls have been s sent nt to institutions of higher learning In all these ways was he has hns been a contributor con and a very Yer important one to the business boom of the last few years If this state of things shall continue for a short time longer it must result re re- re- re suit sult in an enhancement of real leal estate values A farm is worth in the market what it will produce in dollars If it will produce more dollars than ten years ago ago no no matter whether it produces more bushels or not not not-it it is worth more mOle money per acre than it was wac ten years ears ago Already in some parts of the United States this enhancement of farm fann values has begun and has made very noticeable progress In some parts of oC the 1 Mississippi sippi valley valle farms are worth 2 25 5 per cent more than ten years ago Another result likely to how flow from the farmers farmer's farmers farmer's farmers farmer's farm farm- ers er's present prosperity is the acceleration of the tendency toward the displacement of the small farmer and individual initiative by bJ the great reat farmer employing large capital conducting wholesale operations oper opel and applying scientific and business methods and resources I |