half-paying

Updated: May 14, 2025

At prevailing prices for farm produce and labor there are vast areas of land in the older states far past the point of possible self-redemption; and, as a matter of business, one might better burn his money and save his energy than to expend all his resources in half-paying for such depleted land, depending upon the immediate income from it to raise a mortgage covering the unpaid balance.

Cyril G. (Cyril George) Hopkins - The Farm That Won't Wear Out