. Beginnings in agriculture. Agriculture. 18 ' AGRICULTURE to live. The farmer's business is to make an honest Hving from his farm, by the raising and selhng of crops and hve-stock, or their products. His business is very different from that of other men. He buys relatively little and usually does not sell the things that he buys^ He produces the things that he sells, and brings to the market newly created materials. Even when he buj^s materials to sell, he multiplies them or increases their value. When he buys cattle to sell, he usually keeps the cattle until they are mature or. Fig. 8. — Sto
. Beginnings in agriculture. Agriculture. 18 ' AGRICULTURE to live. The farmer's business is to make an honest Hving from his farm, by the raising and selhng of crops and hve-stock, or their products. His business is very different from that of other men. He buys relatively little and usually does not sell the things that he buys^ He produces the things that he sells, and brings to the market newly created materials. Even when he buj^s materials to sell, he multiplies them or increases their value. When he buys cattle to sell, he usually keeps the cattle until they are mature or. Fig. 8. — Stock is reared for sale. fat; he makes his money largely on the feeding and the care that he gives them. In some parts of the country, most of the farmers make their liveUhood from selling butter and cheese; in others, from selling milk; in others, from selling corn; in others, from selling cattle and pigs to which the corn has been fed; in others, from cotton ; in others, from vegetables or fruit or grain; in others, from flowers and nursery products. As in the village there are general stores, in which one can buy almost anything he needs, and special stores, in which he can buy drugs or shoes or clothing or jewelry, so there are general farms and special farms. One farmer may produce milk, eggs, fruit, grain, and potatoes for sale; another may produce. 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 Mann, Albert Russell, 1880-. New York, Macmillan company
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