Farmer's magazine (January-December 1920) . Farmers Magazine December 1. 1920 1911192a CAPITALCAPITAL $800$20,000 The Third of a Series onSuccessful Farmers While He Works To-day, J. E. Richens Plans For Next Year ^ WHAT amount of capital is necessary to com-mence farming? The question is very oftenasked, but we can never obtain a very definiteanswer, for hand-in-hand with the capital of business—cash or its equivalent—Soes the capital of personal efficiency. But the success achieved in nine yearsby a daii-y farmer in the county of Oxford gives some idea of what may beaccomplished by a- man wh
Farmer's magazine (January-December 1920) . Farmers Magazine December 1. 1920 1911192a CAPITALCAPITAL $800$20,000 The Third of a Series onSuccessful Farmers While He Works To-day, J. E. Richens Plans For Next Year ^ WHAT amount of capital is necessary to com-mence farming? The question is very oftenasked, but we can never obtain a very definiteanswer, for hand-in-hand with the capital of business—cash or its equivalent—Soes the capital of personal efficiency. But the success achieved in nine yearsby a daii-y farmer in the county of Oxford gives some idea of what may beaccomplished by a- man who uses every atom of the latter type of capital inhis possession, even tjiough his supply of the former may be very small—atthe beginning. The farmer in question is T. E. Richens, of Verschoyle, and his success hasbeen due, not to war profiteering, but to intelligent and careful planning ofhis work, and the gradual improvement of his live-stock by constant infusions of pure blood. Hisstory should prove a stimulus to the young manwho
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