This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 Excerpt: ...or buy machinery only as it can be shown that they will add to the profit from his farm, or lessen the labor of himself or the family, or add to the comforts and pleasures of the home. Some farmers will need corn cultivators, others need potato diggers, while still others need grain binders, hay loaders, or manure ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 Excerpt: ...or buy machinery only as it can be shown that they will add to the profit from his farm, or lessen the labor of himself or the family, or add to the comforts and pleasures of the home. Some farmers will need corn cultivators, others need potato diggers, while still others need grain binders, hay loaders, or manure spreaders. Even in the same community, there is a great difference in the needs of the individual farmers for equipment or buildings. 88. Buildings, an Expense to the Farm. Few buildings return a direct profit on the money invested in them. It is necessary for the farmer to have a house for his family to live in, but it really does not add to the production from the farm. It is rather a bill of expense. The depreciation and upkeep will amount to five per cent or more on the investment. So far as securing profits from the operation of the farm is concerned, therefore, it is to the farmer's interest to invest as little as possible in the house. A good house undoubtedly adds to the value of a farm as a home and increases its selling value, but does not in any way increase the production from the farm. The desire for comfort and the personal satisfaction of living in a good home must be weighed against the possibilities of paying the bills from the earnings of the farm. The average sized farm in the United States is 138.1 acres. In Minnesota it is 177 acres. Few of the Minnesota farms under the present system of farming can afford to pay interest on an investment in a house for the farmer and his family of more than $2,000 to $2,500. If a house costing more than that amount is erected the additional investment should be charged as a personal expense to the individual, and not as an operating expense against the farm. On many small farms a house costin...
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