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Wisconsin bankers' farm bulletin
(1913-1919)
Wisconsin bankers' farm bulletin. Bulletin 30: how to make a small farm pay
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How to Make a Small Farm Pay Down in Walworth County, a man who taught school for 23 years is farming a 40-acre farm with wonderful success. F. F. Showers is this money-making teacher-farmer. He has a herd of cows that made him a net profit of $72 a head in a year. Read his story. "If you are thinking of joining the union so that you will have but an eight or ten hour working day, do not think of trying to operate a small farm. To succeed in farming you must so enjoy your work that it becomes a pleasure instead of a task. \ "In fact, success in farming depends upon the man who runs the farm. For if he thinks enough of his problem he will succeed no matter what lines of farming he may pursue. A WORD TO THE OWING OF A OS AIIFARM. Love and enjoy your work. Study each of your fields to know its weaknesses and its possibilities. Harvest your crops so that you will receive the-largest return from them. Give your herd a chance. Produce, care for, and raise only the best. "UsW afl of the farm. I study each field -so that I know what crop it will produce to best advantage. A farmer can do this on- the small farm since it is possible to utilize the smallest possible fields. The farmer on the small farm must utilize all the corners
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