ROMANCE OF LAND
Who says there is no romance on the farm? Mr. Frank Swanton comes of a line of Somerset farmers. His father, against putting him on the land, placed him in the drapery trade. For six years he worked behind the counter. Then he said good-bye to drapery. He wanted to farm, and his father agreed to give him £500 to do it. Now he runs 'five farms in Wiltshire, totalling 4000 acres. He owns four of the farms and rents the fifth. He pays £14,000 a year in wages and for feeding stuffs. For four years in succession Mr. Swanton ■ has won prizes for the best cultivated land. He is modest about it, but says that any success he has achieved is due to having remained a bachelor, and having made his farm his hobby and partner.
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Evening Post, Issue 29, 4 February 1935, Page 3
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140ROMANCE OF LAND Evening Post, Issue 29, 4 February 1935, Page 3
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