Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 125, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1917 — Business Men Best Farmers. [ARTICLE]

Business Men Best Farmers.

“It may be disputed and appear improbable, but it is nevertheless true that the best farmers are not those who are brought up on the farm and educated as farmers, but rather those who go on to the farm from other occupations,” remarked James Hayden, a .stockman of Montana, according to the Washington Post. “Montana, you may know, has become an agricultural state in the last decade. Before that we were a stock state, and there was very little real farming done. We have had immigrants from all parts of the country who have gone on to farms. Many have become rich, because Montana land is rich agricultural land. Investigation has been made in all parts of the country to learn who make the most successful farmers and why. Tlw>Se inquiries have invariably shown that the best farmers are progressive men. By that I mean men who are intelligent and aggressive. They are doctors, merchants, lawyers, clerks and others. The professional man usually makes a successful farmer because, as a rule, he applies to farming that systematic, orderly intelligence which made him a success in his profession.”