The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-04-26
,Asf From the New Ysrk Observer.
How to Make a Good Farmer.


ed by studying law, and becoming
only small attorney. Likewise
many an admirable cultivator of
the soil is ruined by substituting
finances and fancy prints for farm
ing. Perhaps an illustration of
this development of taste and ma
tural aptitude for business may be
read with interest and profit.
Some years since, an Pulent
gentleman of New York had two
sons. AS they had nearly reached
mature years, he thought of the
profession to give them, and was
perplexed. He consulted their
tastes, desirous of being in some
measure controlled by the fancy or
dosire they might manifest. One
of them resolved to be merchant,
to which the parent yielded ready
assent. The other expressed a wish
to be u farmer, at which the father
could not cnoeeal his astonishment.
The matter was discussed a long
time, and warmly debated, but the
latter son was unyielding in ex-
pressing his preference. Well, the
father assented, with this propiso.-
The son was to 60 upon farm, en-
ter into all the details of the work,
labor in cold and heat, rain or
shine, summer and winter, and per-
form all the usual menial labor of
n hired man,-in fact, become a
practical farmer. If, after passing
through this ordeal for an entire
year, he still wished to follow the
business, a good farm should be
purchased, and he installed as its
proprietor. The father thought
the labor, hardships, and privations
of q farmers life, to q young city
lad, reared in opulence and ease,
would cure him of his delusion.-
Now for the result.
The year was passed in all the
| various occupations, incidental to q
Woodworking, practical farmer
He labored in season and out of
season, in cloud and sunshine,
amidst manure, cattle, and the hay
ield-wore seedy clothes, and had
his delicate hands hardened and
enlarged by toll, such as those
whose daily bread is to be earned
usually perform.
"Well," my son, said the father,
"what has been your experience in
farming, and what is your decision
} for the future. You may now de-
termine for yourself"
Charming is what / like was his
reply, "and it is in this field l must
expect usefulness and success. /
prefer, above all other employment,
to be q farmer" Haaeg' r.a
This brief dialogue wisely set
tied the question in the minds of
parent and child. Shortly after,
one Of the very best farms in, Yves
tern New York, with beautiful
mansion overlooking picturesque
! sheet of water, was purchased. In
} the lapse of brief year or two,
: our young city hero was installed
in it as its occupant and proprie-
o tor. Not, however, before he had
given both his hand and his heart
to one of the sweetest daughters
l of the neighborhood.
!: Was the decision a wise one?--
f The sequel will show that it was,
!, With pious parentage, and good
education, and impulses rightly di-
rected, this young man, some ten
, years since, entered upon his la
0 bors. As an intelligent, practical
!, agriculturist, he has but few supe.
a riors. Not merely in raising the
largest and best crops, making the
wisest experiments and becoming
eminent as a breeder OF fine cattle,
: but exerting the happiest influences
!. in that great department Of indus.
. try, by his zeal, his intelligence and
a his untiring practical devotion to
this noble calling. In social life
his example has been most happy
: and in the church and various phi
: lanthropic and benevolent institu'
tions, no one is more useful in
e Western New York. His brother
!. followed out his own impulses, and
became an extensive merchant
. With it came the cares, anxietiet
and perils of the most laboriou'
' calling among our business men
q coupled with deplorable losses anG
I, bankruptcy. This briet sketch o.
)! two brothers who followed theiI
/ own business impulses, suggests re
L Election and o moral. H,a
IS .ss .r t. sat WINTHROP.
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