. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, July 11, 1914. I THE FARM I LIFE ON THE FARM. The problems of lite on the farm are many but we can assure our readers for we have been through the "mill," than they are not worse than they are in all other walks. We believe that we know that except above the ditch the anxieties of the farm are less than in all the other callings combined. If there is real rest and comfort any- where among the children of men it can certainly be found in the green country home where the farmer, when out of debt, can reduce living
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, July 11, 1914. I THE FARM I LIFE ON THE FARM. The problems of lite on the farm are many but we can assure our readers for we have been through the "mill," than they are not worse than they are in all other walks. We believe that we know that except above the ditch the anxieties of the farm are less than in all the other callings combined. If there is real rest and comfort any- where among the children of men it can certainly be found in the green country home where the farmer, when out of debt, can reduce living expen- ses to the minimum. A good market for farm products is a great incentive to activity, but when there is no mar- ket the farmer needs only money enough to pay his taxes, and can live on the rest if he cannot sell it. This, of course, means the elimination of the hired man, for in modern farming every farmer must till his own land and for that reason the farm hand is no longer on the market. The college boy is the farm hand, or rather the harvest hand, of today. The cradle, the scythe, the dropper leaving the grain to be bound by hand, has passed, and the farm hand in the grain field handles the sheaves, in the hay field he drives the bull-rake that lifts the hay on the stack. The man that knows what to do on the farm, who can hook up a team and do farm work farmer-like is not to be found, hence our farms are small and our farm op- erations greatly reduced. Therefore it will be seen that when we say that the farmer is the one independent man. We are right, since he can if he wishes sit down and eat up his crops, or wait until prices suit him. He is the one independent man of earth and the only man that can eat within his own exertions. There is no man that can stand between him and his crop. He is first and has the first say. We have been writing this kind of lore until it has become an old story. But it has not, and will not lessen in importance as the ages roll. Eight a
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