. Biennial report of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture. TENNESSEE AGRICULTURE 147 MANAGING AND EQUIPPING A TWO-HUNDRBD- ACRB STOCK FARM. Address by Prof. Milton P. Jarnagin, College of Agriculture, Athens, Ga., Before East Tennessee Farmers' Convention and Institute, Knoxville, May 21-23. System spells success in farming operations the same as in all other vocations. That a living with a fair margin of profit has been possible in the past v^ithout a definite system is not denied. On the other hand, it is conceded, and this fact is one of the greatest barriers in the way of systematize
. Biennial report of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture. TENNESSEE AGRICULTURE 147 MANAGING AND EQUIPPING A TWO-HUNDRBD- ACRB STOCK FARM. Address by Prof. Milton P. Jarnagin, College of Agriculture, Athens, Ga., Before East Tennessee Farmers' Convention and Institute, Knoxville, May 21-23. System spells success in farming operations the same as in all other vocations. That a living with a fair margin of profit has been possible in the past v^ithout a definite system is not denied. On the other hand, it is conceded, and this fact is one of the greatest barriers in the way of systematized scientific farming. Nature stored wealth in the land so bountifully that several generations of careless, slip- shod, indifferent farmers were required to reduce the fertility of the land to the point where better methods had to be adopted. The eco- nomic changes have intensified the necessity for better farming. The chief among these changes has been the increased cost of labor. When a farm hand could be had at 50 cents per day it was not so disastrous for a part of his energy to be dissipated in non-profitable labor, but at the present time all that is known in the way of cropping rotation, intelligent fertilizing and the use of modern machinery must be em- ployed in order to multiply his earning capacity in proportion to the increased cost of his labor- It is also a significant fact that in the past ten years the value of farm work stock has increased over 200. View of University of Tennessee From Across Tennessee 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 Tennessee. Dept. of Agriculture. Nashville, Tenn. : The Dept.
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