Selecting a farm:

"The bulletin is designed to aid the prospective buyer or renter in the choice of a farm. it is written for those who already have had some experience in farming, rather than for the uninitiated, and is intended primarily to afford suggestions to the farmer whose training has been rather limite...

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Main Author: Thomson, E. H. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture 1920
Series:Farmers' bulletin 1088
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Summary:"The bulletin is designed to aid the prospective buyer or renter in the choice of a farm. it is written for those who already have had some experience in farming, rather than for the uninitiated, and is intended primarily to afford suggestions to the farmer whose training has been rather limited, or to the more experienced man who contemplates moving to an unfamiliar locality or changing to an unfamiliar type of farming. It is assumed that no one wholly without experience in farming would be so rash as to choose a farm on the strength of knowledge gleaned merely from a bulletin on the subject." p. [2]
Item Description:"Contribution from the Office of Farm Management."
Training and experience -- To buy or to rent? -- Three vitally important factors -- Amount of capital -- Adaptability to changing economic conditions -- Can a high quality of farm business be maintained -- Location -- Topography and soil -- Arrangement of farm -- Water supply -- social conditions -- Prospective rise in value -- Buying equipment, live stock, etc. with a farm -- Possibility of disposing of farm --Buying a farm and renting additional land -- Renting a farm -- Summary
Physical Description:27 S. Ill.

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