HAVE ROTOTILLER WILL TRAVEL

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March/April 1975
by Daniel Ellison 
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Before you rush into a similar venture on the basis of my experience, please stop to consider the nature of your own area. In an agricultural community-especially one where there are many part-time farmers-your chances of success might be limited. The following factors, I think, worked in my favor:

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[1] This area contains few farms, many mini-farms, and an established gardening population.

[2] The dearth of working farms and part-time farmers also means a shortage of agricultural machinery.

[3] Many of the local residents are older people who need the help I provide.

[4] Members of the younger generation are very busy, with well over 50 percent of the wives working full time. Such couples do not have the extra hours to till, but still want to garden and are glad to pay for my service.

[5] Most of the garden plots don't warrant the owner's investment in a good Troy-Bilt, but are nasty enough to discourage the use of other tillers.

[6] The soils are light and can be worked with only one day of drying out Weather therefore presents no real problem. If you have these or other favorable conditions going for you in your neighborhood, the tilling business is certainly worth a try. I enjoy it myself, and think it could develop into a decent-paying homestead enterprise. At the very least, it's a good way to buy a tiller: Let the Troy-Bilt pay for itself.

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