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Show CITY Al AN NOT A SUCCESS ON FARM Washington. Sept. 2 The department depart-ment of agriculture's experts havo concluded that the city man may make a. living as a farmer, but that for several reasons he Is more likely to fail. .1 Splllman. of the de- ; parttuent of farm management, says that the city man who tiles farming confronts a hnrd proposition and, though Is Is possible for him to make it a success, the result Is a failure In the majority of ruses. "Wages in the city have been raised, lint they hae not kept pace with the cost of living." said Mr. Splllman. "The city man is lelng hard pressed , to ma'ie both ends meet It Is a little lit-tle natural then that he should look toward the country. IJut as a rule he tackles a Job that Is too hard for him and usually cnd9 In failure because be-cause of inability to erasp the technical tech-nical side of farming." |