. Better farming with Atlas farm powder, the safest explosive, the original farm powder. Explosives in agriculture. The Cost of Stumps, Boulders and Swamps The gain always should be compared to the net that is left after cost of culti- vation and other items are deducted, for these costs are rather decreased than in- creased on the clean land. An extra profit of $5 or $10 an acre does not look like much when compared to the total sales price of a crop worth ?40 to $80 an acre, but it has a different appearance and meaning when compared with the part of the $40 or $80 that stays in the bank aft
. Better farming with Atlas farm powder, the safest explosive, the original farm powder. Explosives in agriculture. The Cost of Stumps, Boulders and Swamps The gain always should be compared to the net that is left after cost of culti- vation and other items are deducted, for these costs are rather decreased than in- creased on the clean land. An extra profit of $5 or $10 an acre does not look like much when compared to the total sales price of a crop worth ?40 to $80 an acre, but it has a different appearance and meaning when compared with the part of the $40 or $80 that stays in the bank after the costs are paid. Idle Land of any kind owned in connec- tion with productive land, whether it lies in the shape of a square rod here and there occupied by a stump or in blocks of many acres that are too wet to farm, makes a drain on the income from the whole property. The owner should not forget that such land is not self-support- ing. To make this land productive results in a double gain—the expense is cut off and a profit added. Weeds, Appearance, Sale Value Other ways in which stumps, boulders and swamps cost money are in the weeds they harbor, the ragged appearance of the farm which they are largely respon- sible for, and to a certain extent a general lowering of the level of farm life. Ob- structed farms rent for less money than clean farms. Thev alwavs sell for less— and the decrease is out of all proportion to the cost of cleaning up the waste land. A powerful factor in keeping farm boys satisfied is to make their homes and their working surroundings attrac- tive and convenient. Boys seldom leave clean farms for town life; it is the ston>-, stumpy, swampy place that goes against boy nature. Stumps and swamps har- bor all sorts of vermin, including the moles and mice that destroy an enor- mous volume of grain and grass the country over. The cost of removing a stump is small compared to the cost of keeping it, and the same statement applies to stones and swamp
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