Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-11-09
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N There !. no mistake mcre e3nmpa or moro
"a tjtuions ihas thai Of supFosiag the more
hand a man holds the greater n4vst he his
Sprofis, for profits do Dot arise from the land
sitself. bot frosa de HaaHer D a'sing ii. The
Dos SOL mas be made unIro54etiye by bad
smanagemont. and lbe aprst nag be rendered
.Iaofe profitable by tie opposite course but
with0ut sufficient capital no lapdean 3ys prop,
serly cultivated At the same tune tbere Is
inothing to which capital can be applied With
iereaier certainty Of faIr reiarn tor Q liberal
expenditIre when correctly omployed thap in
land.
In fact, assuming that the expenditure be
directed with Judgment, It will be fouad that
the profits uron the ontlay increase ~ move
4 flsn 81 proportionate degree to its amount
thoz. suprosing that twenty-five dola .n @
the lowest ard ftiy the highest sum thet can
be employed in the common cuituro Of the
same acre Of land. is more than probable
' that If twenty five dollars would return at'he
rate Of ten per cent, the fifty dollars woCdd
gield twenty per cent, or an Intermediate
sum in the same ratio. Admitting this to lie
d true, and no experienced agriculturist viii
doubt it, il follows that q capital Of five thou
sand dollars expended IN the cultivation Of
two hundred acres will only yield profit Of
FIVE hundred, while If It we're applied to one
hundred acres It would produce ono Thousand
dollars therefore it is evident that his profit
would be increased by diminishing the guam
tity Of his land.
MANY a man has been ruined by a large
farm who might have acquired q competency
On one with half the nEmber Of acres. Most
farmers are anxious for large plantations,
and many are thus betrayed into the error Of
attempting 70 work greater quantity Of
ground than they have ehe means Of mana
ging to advantage Some in tie delusige
hope Of aquiring these means by future 50,
wings, others from the vanity ofholding move
land than their neighbors hence arise a de-
deficiency Of stock, imperfect tillage. and
scanty crops, with all the train Of rent in ar
rear, wages i'll paid, and debts unsaiisied,
and final ruin.
He who prudently commences with only
such number Of acres as he has power Of
cultivating with proper effect, is certain Of
raising the full retnrn from the soi and bis
engagements being in accordance with his
means, he enjoys present ease Of mind, and
lays the surest foundation for future pros
perit5.
Ii therefore behooyes a man TO weigh well
the charges with his means, and never allow
himselftc be seduced by any ideal prospect
Of gain into the impurdence Of entering upon
larger farm than his property will enable
him to manage with the spirit necessary 10
insure SUCCESS. Truly did Judge Buel say
that large farms are the curse Of our coun-
country, andperhaps no one had better eX-
perience from which TO draw such an ex-
preston
If farmer has one hundred acres IL would
be much better for kim TO put the price Of
another hundred on ii than to buy one hun-
dred more and make the ssuae labor produce
double the crops, and not have double labor
for double crops as is usually the case with
u.s. Germantown Telegraph.