. Annual report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. Missouri. State Board of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Missouri. Missouri Country Life Conference. 187 souri mule (showing picture). These are pictures taken from the farms of these business men. On the other hand, the worst enemy I find in this landlord business, the absentee landlord (now listen; I may hurt some of you farmers here, but it is true), is the farmer who owned a farm, moved away, retired, but kept the farm as an investment. That man—it is my experience of five years spent in this com- munity—pays absolutely nothing back i
. Annual report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. Missouri. State Board of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Missouri. Missouri Country Life Conference. 187 souri mule (showing picture). These are pictures taken from the farms of these business men. On the other hand, the worst enemy I find in this landlord business, the absentee landlord (now listen; I may hurt some of you farmers here, but it is true), is the farmer who owned a farm, moved away, retired, but kept the farm as an investment. That man—it is my experience of five years spent in this com- munity—pays absolutely nothing back into the community. He goes away, receives a rental, lets the premises go down, doesn't look at it like the business man, from the business stand- point. Here is one such place (indicating picture). That man ought to have at heart the community's interest, ought to have sympathy with it, yet look at the condition prevailing. It is an eyesore to our community, and we cannot help it. Now these emphasize this idea: Do you think that in beautifying a community you stimulate boys and girls to develop higher ideals of life? I want you to think about that, you who have farms in somebody's community where they are trying to build up and make life better. In the name of sense and all that is decent and right, you ought to contribute to the support of that community and keep up the premises in the way they ought to be; it is only The Morton hoiuo, a model 80-accc farm, Harmony Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Missouri. State Board of Agriculture. Jefferson City, Mo. : Missouri State Board of Agriculture
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