Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-03-08
Agricultural,
More Accurate Farmlug Needed

More Accurate Falmlug Needed
At the close Of the year il ia generally Gus
tomary with business men to serut!nzs their
business affairs, strike the balance between profit
and loss, and If the former is IN excess exult
over the result, aud with renewed confidence
enter upon the new years duties. But il the
latter, careful investigation Of its causes en-.
sues, Irresponsible customers are dropt, new
ones sought, all needless expenses stopt. more
devoted attention to their dunes required o!
their employees, and greater diligence in attend
ing to all the details OF their of ilrs, that the
Ike may not occur again, 80 tar as their agency
is concerned.
This course Of conduct IL ever regarded as
highly cOmmendabe 10 all men in mercantile
pursuits. II this is SO 10 reference to them
now much more ~ is it necessary for the farmer
Our New England farmers generally do a com.
paraIively small business the profits of their
products are also small, even at the best prices
aud often barely pay the expenses of PRODUCING.
This Is 80 often the case that many farmers m
our ? oter districts positively affirm INST no m n
ca afford to hire labor. Ii their health fail.
them. and no sons succeed them, and 20 the
rounds OF drudglng toll rs they aud those who
have preceded them have done, why the farm
must be sOld,-and the psternAl associations
forever severed, tn Il had be n lOs.ered with III
fond hope that they might be perpetuated
through long line Of slres and sons This
fact oi ding because disqualified from yiyorou,
labor Is abundanty evIuced by the numerous
advertisements we see n the newspapers. rh q
Is the class Of farmers who contend that fam
ing with US is Improbable IL does not nav
they verify believe. We Yield to the allegation
30 Tar as they are concerned, but must contend
thai II Is not necessarily 50 with good, skllful
management, Tor various reasons How MANY
oi these men Keep as exact an account OF then
bushes. matters as the merchant does? What
d. they know oil the cost Of their several crops,
the profit OF their pigs poultry, or other farm
stocS : VIII venture they know comparatively
nothing. IL is with them all que work. with
not the least approach 10 accuracy Ii men are
employed, they cannot, vi b any degree Of
certainty, tell whether they were The gamers or
loses by the outlay.
UoutusL this picture of real and too common
facts, with au individual case | AN hmiliar
with, and see which cOmmends itself To the can
old, discerning mind. The case | refer To WAS
that OF young man who commenced atming
ut twtnty-one years oi age. When he put.
chrssd his farm he had each lot suryey,d
numbered aud ma. ked regular entry of each
lot made 10 his books; each lOt was debitea
with eyey days work, or fraction Of a day.
done upon II, as we'll us all other expenses
thert o.. Nothing was omitted in this Respect.
Credits irom crops ON Iaslurage were faithfully
Kept, aud at the end u The year ths balance
WAS struck aud the result with certainty.
known II any LOT did not come up to paw
point, OF u handsome pfJht, that lot was taken
IN band uutti that paS the result. | NAV ms
well here stite tbat each lot was appraised ac
cordug TO It's relative value with the other 100
siuuns OF the arm, and inte. GIL CHARGED ne.
e1rdIng t. appraisal Ihs man employed three
arc lour men 90 small place OF eighty.6ye
acres, and could teIl almost TO CERTAIN y. on
Sunday morning, what would be the propfes, If
the weeks operations. lie could tell you at
the end OF u yeal what per cent. profit his IA.
bOgers netsed hun. HIS balance sheet wa.
struck. aud the new yer was entered upon
with the confident assurance that he Anep iust
what he was about. His years plans were ali
matured aud mapped out at the beginning of
the year, aud the iUrce requisite to carry them
~ occurred beyond contingency ~ Tar al de
ponds ON mo. IA, care.
VINO cannot see IN tins example, in contrast
with the previous described Que, an enyu,hl.
u reuce, and must decisive reason WHY the
Systematic, carefully calculating, and account
kecnlng man, should succeed. and the Others
hll know OF young msn, the past season.
no moved INTO nelghb lrh0od OF farmers.
where, for years, they had plOdded ON ia the
same rus their fathers wore, W.T. out a thou,ht
ct change or improvement upon the plst. tie
leased u small farm that hal, what was reg rde
then, US a tull supply OF manure iur all ordI-
nary purpOsei; tJ1 ~ thought our man. lls
purchas nearly as much more 10 value as Mas
upon the farm, TO tho astunlshment Of the
lockers on, who predicted u coming out a, the
little end oi th horn.
The rteult Of IL Is, our young man has made
two dollars to their one, they oil conceded mt
thai this is owing To The Increased qu nti,, of
manure entirely, but tic mind that seyes 6oli
OF an Advantage OF this KIN is ever ready /,
act m all other deals OF larm management Ia
great a1Fan'age. II Lon any cIus3 Jne crop
is'ls, another and later one appears to take It's
place, aad II may be pay be:ter than the hrs
would, had 1t succeeded
The iacl is, we should no, lad tha qus.ll
80 Otter discussed IN our agricultural pagers ~
20 the prOhtableness Or unpruftablenen OF
farming, 1t our farmers would bring the tame
amount OF business brains to bear upon their
business, that the merchant or manufacturer
does upon has. Ii is the ha5as of the pasn that
ensure success or failure. Ia my opinion. here
lies .he whole secret How can a man succeed
u he has iarm Of large exteht aud does not
know how 10 work men to prJit3 His own
labor IL Insufficient for the task, II he attempts
It. Iolngs soon GET dllapiated and 20 to de-
cay. lie cannot but make ih,jis that eventually
result IA debt dependency and iaal ruin Of
bis rrospects
have prolonged this subject beyond my Ia
tentloa. tisan expensive theme, that requires
an ADLER pea than NINE " exhaust, or perfectly
eiueldate. t'usi we may all profit by the
hinis here thrown out. and eommenoe this new
years iarm operations upon more systematic
acc unit keeping plan sii fore,bousht than any
.nat have preceded II, with the fdll ASSURANCE
that our profit will be loud herein.
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