The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-10-05
farmers Column.
TIC PROFITS Of FarminO.

While the business Of Farming in many te-
srccts divers from all other business, We have
never been able 10 see that IN the principles on
which IL Is 10 be conducted, II Is exceptional IN
character, or differs from all other pursuits more
than the, differ from each other. These differ
rnccs are In kind, but not IN degree. \ man
may make successful merchant or an unsuc-
crssful farmer. and rics rersa, aud precisely the
.ime reasons operate In both cases. Success in
any pursuit implies first that n man must be In
iotcsied In II, that he must make himself thor
nughly master Of il in principle and in practice
and MsH that he must attend 10 Il cnergciically
aud perscvcringly.
II IL utterly impossible TO carve doctors aud
law ers out OF some people, aud We know Of one
person who failed three times rs dry goods
merchant and afterwards succeeded, and became
very wealthy, as n machinist. We happen To
En0w Of another case, where person seems 20
have 4 dislike 10 green grass and green fields,
remaining In Philadelphia as a matter Of choice
through ihc whole Of the most suliry season,
.'i,cn remarking THAT nothing looks 50 green
gnl delightful as the red bricks. let circuu-
stances or any Kind place this person Ia posses-
,an Of q fine farm, well OTnamentcd. and stock
- with the finest cows. sheep, horses &c, and
w. should soon hear Of farming being very nn-
profitable, of the expenses Of fencing, Of acct.
tents io live STOCK Of short crops and every thing
working the wrong way. Aversion to q bust.
mesa Of any Kind u no more certain result Ia
want II success than Is ignorance OF the proper
way to manage It and this brings US TO the
question Of why farming has the standing siig-
INA of hcing. PR -, Improbable.
II cannot be disputed that in the United States
the high price Of labor, no less than lis ineicirn.
~, IL the great drawback 10 the business Of
farmer. This Ia greatly lcsscned hut cannot lie
wholly superseded, by machinery. There may
lie said 10 he Two classes who make farming IA
paying business. The one, born and brought
L. 1al.. -.
Using and absiemious habits. works with and
-ad7 his men, thus getting more labor aud At -
Inv cost. rs habit, by inclination aud 10y Hsc's-
.dy. he Nas been taught 10 look on The paternal
arFes rs the only source Of competency, II not
wealth, aud rs aiiorSiing the only means Of set
lement on arrival at manhood. Every Que c,n
point 10 hundreds Of eases like this, 10 every Sec
lion n the country, where snsh beginners, after
passing through the ordinary active period Of
life. have settled down At least in aauiet even
ing and an abundant competency. These men
started on shin Of beef, aud they can afford
lo linish OF on the rib. Money with this class
Il made and saved aud il Is also accumulated
by saving. Their own labor and unremiticd at
iention and devotion TO business, makes ur. aud
more Than makes up often for inadequate aud
unscieniifc culture The other class ad,ertci
to- who also make money 10y farming, consists
nf those who, brought W In The city, have yet
J, preference for agricultural liir. They cannot
labor, bat they have capital. They invest ~
Good land, and. by draining, lining aud mauur-
ing, by deep ploughing ami thorough Vaitusr,
raise premium crops Their live stock embraces
The hes, breeds and yields the largest products
II their COWS and sheep cos, some hundreds VI
dollars each, iheysalso yield heavy percentage
ar profit on the investment. COW costing
$3.50 In frightfu price TO many farmersl is con-
sideFcd a very profitable investment, If she pro-
Inces q calf which ia worth SlO0 at few weeks
old, and also yields $50 to So worth VI milk
and butter per anum.
These men have a roykiHg caI,iiai to expcnd ia
the management OF their land, and they charge
II 1.-THE land with the interest Of this capital aud
10 not saddle the outlay on the annual crop
We know ofcases like these where money to a
pretty large amount has been invested In such
farming and where II is considered 10 pay
taking an average Of five Or ten wears. ~ well as
merchandising.
A COW making six pounds o' butter only per
week would soon b. wce,led out and sold to the
butcher, ard 80 bushels Of potatoes TO the acre
~ bushels Of corh OF oats, 20 OF wheat, aud one
sud half tons OF hay would be considered be-.
hind the times, and a more adapted 10 the earlier
years Of the 10Th century, and most certainly
not lis last half. These men have been accus-
toned to keeping regular book accounts with
their business, giving IL debts and credits for
profits and losses, and they decline 10 grow OK
-je daisy, wild carrot and other noNious weeds
because they will not pay, the market for them
heing always dull one. Por tho same reason
they consider Il rather cheaper to stop the liquid
waste from their bIrnyarls than TO pay SlO0 per
Ion for Peruvian gnano.- Prdoiical Farmer.