Show 0 A GOOD investment A significant instance of what proper methods of farm management can accomplish is afforded by a certain acre farm in enn cen aral michigan for 10 years this farm failed to pay interest on oil the capital invested ono one year after the owners had been induced to make certain radical changes the farm paid all the expenses of operation and returned them 5 per cent on an investment of the changes which accomplished this financial revolution were as sol fol lows 1 four horse machinery was substituted for 2 horse 2 the unprofitable cows in the dairy herd were weeded out and sold and the money received for them invested in better stock 3 A silo was built 4 the foreman was allowed in addition to his salary 10 per centon cent of the net income from the farm the expenses of operating the farm but not the in interest on the capital were deducted from the income before the foreman received his percentage it was this last suggestion which met with the most opposition from the owners of the farm but when it was pointed out to them that for every dollar the foreman got under such an arrangement ran Tan gement they would get 9 they yielded |