The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-01-23
farm aud Nuuseltold.
Why Farming Don't Pay.

that farming don't pay'-but 1t
is not usual Tor the remark to be
followed by n statement of the truo
reason why. We venture TO say
that no other business, mechanical
or professional, would pay as Ger.
tainly as farming, if managed as
poorly, and with as little regard to
resllts-or rather is left 50 entirely
without management.
When Topsy was asked who
made her, she said she "growed"
and a gocdly number Of those who
call themselves farmers in New
England were asked how they got
along as we'll as they do, they
might make similar answer. 1t
is quite true that farming docs not
promise or admit Of n large mar.
gin of profts-it rarely enables
a man to make a largo fortune :;
but on the other hand, it seldom
fails to procure n good living to
any one who pursues it under
standingly, vigorously, and ocono-
mically. 1t may be safely said
that tho profit of farming is the
difference between loose and care.
ful management-between saving
at the spigot and the bung, instead
of saving at the spiggot letting
out at the burs-botwccn system
and no system -- between Jack
Easv and Tom Thoughtful. The
man who never plans his work be.
iorchand, but shifts his men and
his teams from one job to another
several times in the day, no mat
ter how good n farm he may have
to start with, will find ia the end
it " won't pay" The man who
says go to his men instead of come,
and then saunters off hunting, fish
ing or tavernlounging, will spec.
Oily reach the same conclusion.
The " fast man" who likes to
" talk horse" and is ambitious to
own a "crab' who can " 90 up
among the fortios," may be booked
IN tndsame category. Incsc men
do but prove in relation to farming
what the hypocritc proves in rcla-
tion to religion: that is, that they
are in fault only so far as they fall
short Of their professions.
An industrious man who under
stands what he is about, and who
is fortunate enough to have "a
little farm well titled and n little
wife we'll willed," will never, ex-
traordinarics excepted, como TO
want. He may not wear the finest
cloth, his wife may not trouble
herself unduly about the latest
fashions and the richest goods /;
nor is there any reason why they
should, since neither will conhi.
butte to their happiness, ifthcy arc
sensible peoplc-but they will find
nothing to be ashamed of when
they go out into the busy world.
When stocks go down, and COM
mcrciai men fall in hetacombs be-
fore the blast off panic - when
thousands go to their uneasy beds
fearful that the morrow may strip
them OF the results Of q life of
toll, and wake TO find their fears
realities tho thrifty and indie
pendent Farmer sleeps quietly
amid the fruits of his labors, know
ing full well that altho' corn may
fall ten cents on a bushel, or fat
cattle go down q cent ON u pound.
and thereby his savings be thus
far diminished, there is no wide
spread ruin staring him in the
face, no proceedings in insolvency
awaiting his presence.
We do not recommend farming
for living to any man not brought
up to habits Of labor, and who is
without the physical strength to
endure real hard, earnest work
for such is farming for a living.
And least of all can we recommend
as n profession to tho man who
feels il to DO his mission to "make Q
haste to becop,c rich" He will
assurcdly Secome disgusted at an
early .'ay, and add his willing tcs-
ti-aohy to the alleged fact tha
farming won't pay" 1t can onlyt
be happily pursued by those who
bring to it
" knowledge, Industry,
Frugality aud honesty - the sinews
That surest help the climber to the top,
And keeP him there"
Il Mass, plourhman