| Show selection ilon of a farm the size of a far farm should be suited to the c capacity of the pocketbook lauy young farmers make the mistake of buying a large farm w with ith little III money oncy to pay for it there is n nothing abin g that s so o binds a man as a heavy beavy mort mortgage it cats the very heart out of the fancer I and bangs bat gs like a leaden iveigh weight glit upon every aspiration of bis his wife and children it is better to buy a small farm and have enough capital to work it well As the surplus increases it may be invested in more act acres or in a better culture of choso that have already proved profitable profitable table there is a size below abic which K many of the economics of the farm cannot ba be practiced to o the advantage best ad vantage and on the other hand there is danger of going beyond that acreage where the most profitable farming maybe may be carried ou on it requires considerable executive ability to manage a large f farm arm a and nd therefore many men a are re excluded from such by a lack which they may not fully appreciate until the trial has been made and the failure recorded farming is not like the taking of a citadel and can not be done successfully cess fully with a rush and a noise it is a thoughtful and steady working out from fron well laid plans a conquest nest for crops and the head bead must be e clear that wins where the seat of a campaign for a lifetime covais covers townships or ever square miles the soil is the foundation of fanning iu and its it should bo be fitted to the ki kinds ads of crops that it is desired to raise raise the differences in tho the nature and capacities of sand and clay should bo understood and a favorable mixture of the two obtain obtained ed if there is an opportunity for choosing g A rich soil with proper management means good crops at once but it may be as profitable profi taule to invest much less in in an equal area olover of over cropped land and find bring it up to a high state ef cultivation by green greeh and other methods ofris to horation tor atlon the farin house is to bo be the homo home pi the family and therefore the locality for the farm should bo be healthful the richest land for the price may bo be ou on the border of a in malaria alaria breeding swamp but the profits of the investment may be mere more than balanced by the doctors doc bills aud and I loss of time not to in mention the discomfort of fevers in the household it ia is important that there be an oil abundant water cupply on all tanas I both for the family and ind the livestock therease there Ther eare are social consider eions chrt no farmer should overlook in making a choice of a farm he lives not to himself alone the children need the privileges privilege i osgood of good school schools etc in short the community should be one cue in which samp sympathy goodness few and intelligence prevail wi with th a good farm farat of pro proper er size healthfully located abundantly supplied with water good neighbors and a handy bandy mar market ct a man is so well situated that he ic ought to make hims himself elfand and those around him happy choose well and hold on to the choice american agriculturist for november Mo vember |
