The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1858-03-11
Communications,
FOR Tie F0[ter JOURNAL.
a FLEA FOR POTTER COUNTY.
Ne. I.


except the prosperity OF the County, and
the peace apd happiness Of all that dwell
therein; and should we err n our riegs
TO accomplish this, We should be very glad
to be put right by any Que. = fey things,
by way Of intrJductiqp, mzy be stated,
sbopt WHICH we are aIl likely to be agreed.
FIRST: Tilat eysFy person who designs
TO make this Ccapty his ho@,e, either for
length Of time or permanently, desires
ats prosperity. This has been true so far
AS onr experience goes, and mcu generally
express themselves very freely upon this
point.
Si.coSD: That all the citizens expect
to make their Lcing and their roeqlh by
what is produced IN the CT unity. This
is nstuEe, foE their interests al lie here,
Tte!r purposes and plans all center hcFe; /;
and for this they labor and strive; and
upon this county they leave the impress
Of their zeal and energy. The exceptions
70 this rule are exceedingly few.
THIRD: Every one is affected just in
prQportiQn es the County is prosperous or
qthergisc In the nature of things it
could not be otherwise. The people of a
particular heighborhood sometimes escape
the suffering of general malady, but
when it is local, those III that locality new
er can.
FornrH: Every individual citizen Of
the County, can and ought to contribute
20 its prosperity.
This County relies upon its citizens for
all the help it requires to carry on its
functions. It's resources must come from
sitaia i;seif. rs organization as a sep
arate body in the great confederation ipl7
plies these things. Having made these
statements ABOUT which We are likely to
agree, we are now brought to the question
which will naturally suggest itself, name
iy: HoD can IcQntribHte to tie prosperity
of the County, aud whot are the means
% le ep.ployed to bring tbs about? A
proper answer to this question, and faith
fully carried out, will, we think, remove
ali the difficulties which hinder our county
from being all that is desirable. Upon
this question we will express our views to
Lnc pest Oh our duIllIy.
First then, t-eot tie County as you e:r-
pect 1t tQ treat you; or in other words do
to,, u ,eAat oasjht to Lc coast;l+ereG fair
compensation for what you irish to receice
from it, To do less, would make ourselves
burden to others, if not actual pAUper-.
But to make myself understood, suppose
you are Farmer Your object is to raise
good crops, and also first rate stock. But
Four ground must be ftted TO raise crops
the seed must be put in the ground in
season, and every possible care taken of
:hem while growing, aHd when ripe, taken
into the barns, &c, Your stock must be
cared for, daily fed and housed Now il
Ye have stated the object, We would ask
what Is the general pructice? We ex-
pect there are goodiy number of good
farmers in the Comfy; but we will try
aud give picture Of the general average
pf ,lase With whom we are acquainted.
They are never ready to put their crops
~ the grOun3 in the season. They sci
dom get in all they expected to get in
rheir hoeing is net done in time and very
often some of it neyer gets done. And
harvesting is managed no bettor. We Dc
not mean to say that this is so in every
case, with the same persons, during every
season; but we do mean that this Is
the general character; and nearly every
pne Of them has to buy -four and pord
which they certainly ought to raise, when
they have ample cleared ground for this
purpose. Their cattle, in the majority o.
cases, have to live without a covering oyel
them during the whole winter. This i
falIad segs9aing and making them tough
But for OURSELVES we have always thought
it an evidence Of a very green .tac09er, anc
one, tq0, that energy was not his hesettins ns
ain. The resylt is scarcity..Qf products
which have to pc supplied by bringing
them from elsewhere, for which we mus
aay the cash. This COULD be AVOIDED i
Farmers would spend their time npo1
heiy Jarms; and we woHla suggest here
thai each one keep an account wlth him
self for six months, and see hcW mucl
time he lets run to waste. Allow lO hour
for work eaab day. You can loose moth
ing by keeping the account. 1t may d
good. + may " objected here, to #ha
we have said, by ssaying Farmers are gen
orally poor and haYe to make many shltts
But to this We ansWer, that ordiu arll
poserty makes men Ter ought to max
them) more energetic a4d sgonomiziDg.
But this rule seems to be reversed By
those who raise stock ,oithout shelter, be
cause they have to feed them at least on
quarter more than if they were housed
and the cattle not look so we'll either
WHY this waste? And by those who arc
poor! 1t is asked how can poor men pre-
vent it7 Let them build log shelters il
they can dc NO other, this they can do
We affirm that there IS not farmer in the
County but could fpd time enough fol
this during the summer, If he was so dis
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