Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1857-03-19
formu's department.
Frgn P5is's v r SpirR q as Tines.
0ae-Idea Farming.

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Did you ever observe a squirrel in q Tin
cage, with a revolving wheel attached to it,
he sparstus put up in a country bT-rOOmi the
squirrel always. Whsn in his wheel, on 81
geer amp. yet always at tie ,bOttOmG Did
i ever occur to you, il squirrel would kdd on
be would be part Of the time at the top. sup
possAg the gyraiiOu to 90 Oni !
"a me human, he social. the agricultural
sqaiuel cage, gyratiOn slWayS goes o.
There are sn0ugh uneasy fellows. Who .nns1
always be on the jaup, And always keep the
whesl spinning; ''argal.'. (As our .mOraliEing
grzvgdigyer says in Hamletj il one wiser
than bis fellows hold on. the rest will prOpel
BIN to The upper side. haiti The trrGi @ E. D.
Consider hat point settled.
Tariffs and rumors Of tariffs : speeulations
and tamors Of specuIstiOnsl foreign markets. a
hundred c.1sss, are constantly affecting our
markets. nos only Tor agricultural gimcrsckery,
.bat Coz our great saples. Wheat, wool, Co.
COS tobacco dairy products, all staples that can
De nousi, ocsasi1Hally reach the point Of over
produsdga. Ills not easy to change the EN-
y.oyL ut of he stock in trade and fixtures in
8 moment. anI consequently the OVerprOduc'
SION cJa..ugs, aud reaches a higher point
Ibs business is clsaE oVerdohs; prices cease
to nc F5iau aerstive, the accumulated surplus
rsmlirs on hand to keep down the markets
Panic then Iue yitsbly sets in. Every wiseacrs
is convinced that lbis particular branch is not
only done up for The time being. but done up
as .he boys say for good" Every rat is
tOf leaving the .iniing sbip On the smallest
chip he can fnd 10 make a raft OF.
The water runs toward the lowest place
The agriculture. low place is soon discovered
Of At least grasped at. Every previous overPro.
dueer make a push for that. The old stock
is sacr6ceI-the old fixtures are thrown away
IftLe low-Place. IS ~dairyiug, every COW in the
Kingdom 10 bought sp at an exhorbi,sRt price
1fits wool, the price Of sheep instantly doub.
lee. But marx! Every one OF those whO have
helped make over-prOduction in one branch,
land three lines as many more rushing to-
ge,neg in a low place. they Immediately make
1t he LigaElace; the spot where they hay,
Just lf. becomes the low place. The squire
thslleld on is at the top the one that jumpet
Is al tho 6Otomi II ding him 'elf at the DO, ton
he jumps asaiO. aud like the woman tbO
spoke in m%eeling) keeps finding hers.lf at th,
bottom. 9 E. D. Please to consider that pOin
settled.
The bes, farmer / know of always abandon
particular line or article Of production. tho
moment, it becomes the rage, He sells out hi
sto,s and fixtures to the eager recruits VIII,
IRE r sdy to ply double their value, and buy
up Asirs at half or quarter price. Their aban
Comment Immediately produces under-2rcduC
ton, or scarcity, in the deserted branch it re
gains its equilibrium, or rises above it; and he
is soon ready 10 sell out again at double price
to anew set Of restless adventures. That's the
threwdest kind Of squirrel | BY some un-
expIainable physical anomaly be keeps top
efAe whs! all. Ms dmei
lake it for granted l am not 'rhyming
TO dull els" who cannot eaten the moral Of
the foregoing without my m~akingthe "practi.
ca! application" like a good old puritan dom.
inc H. Cotton Ma:hes's days. after reaching
iS7.tiyl
There is another kind Of agricultural ideAism
equally deserving mention and Gvoidance. 1t
consists in setting but one Tori out Wien
tie skies are expected to rain larksl Your
Whole farm is devoted to tobacco, the tobacco
fnds g bad seaSou, or the market is poor -
You have a poor show of larksl Division Of
laber is a god theory in a shop. But a farm
is a Little kingdom. II must be to some de-.
gree self supporting 10 Be independent. or to be
aryy It's by no means worthwhile to try
10 force nature, She won't be forced, IL you
Try i!. Canada can't grow orangeu. Cuba ia
not famous Tor Kennebee salmon. Each will
fpli It ezpedieni, in The long run. to follow the
bsol u tber "HofraI gyts." as Nat,y Bumpo
las it. Hone has what the other has not,
then sTap and pay the bOOtl That 10 the !og.
,leo Of nature ID. a common s,nse.
A farm is a Kingdom. Every farm is phys.
icSly VI least. . aat contradiction of the legal
bPolhsgm, thatthere can be no ''~inperium in
%iwpsao.'. Your farm kingdom must not, il you
would catch the lsrks, be limited to one. two.
or three products.
grant that you must have but two or three
.Saaie staples of production. There is such n
,shins as (iHsring spreading out like a river
without 4 ohaHnel-and then the thirsty earth
drinks vp what the sun don't rvapOrate. In
short. you set out such iAle bowls, that YOU
,wouldn't catch lNks If thsv should rain plump
spOn them. They are no! Dig enough 10 Edd