The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-02-04

small farmer is driven by force of circum-
stances. The person who cultivates thirty or
forty acres in grass, grain, roots, or to special
crops, and keeps the animals to consume his
pro ucts finds he needs. for success in his bu-
siness, identicaly the outfit in machines inn
plements and tools as the man who has q
farm Of one hundred and fifty acres. Although
he has not half so much for them to do. and
cannot make them earn him half SO much as
they would the large farmer, he cannot get on
without, and must have his moving machine,
horSe-rake, tedder, and hOrse-fOrk. He needs
the same ploughs in kind and mum ber, the same
cultivators and harrows, and the same variety,
numberless hand tools Of the farm. Thus our
small farmer finds himself compelled to in
vest as fixed, but very perishable capital,
nearly as much as his neighbor who carries
on three times his number OF acres. In the
matter Of team, he is in precisely the same con-
dition. He can hardly afford to keep pair
OF horses for farm work, but in the busy sea-
if done at oil, everybody is more than busy
it is impossible to hire. Necessity, therefore,
cOmpels him to buy and own team, though
it be idle one-third Of the year. The capital
invested in this rapidly deteriorates, and it is
justify.
It may be said such man can exchange
team and borrow tools and machines, but that
is generally out Of the question; but if it could
be done, is q practice which, for many reasons,
is utterly abomnabe, and should be always
condemned. But his extra expense per cent.
here. He cannot with his extent of acres af
ford to hire tho help necessary to perform
many kinds of work to advantage, as it would
be idle or unproftably employed much Of the
time; therefore he performs much work at q
disadvantage, and loses thereby. He has one
third as much stock of the different kinds, and
one-third the amount Of products to market.
as the person tiling the large farm, but yet
it costs him nearly as much in thought, care
and attention, nearly as much to tend and
watch his stock, to guard them from evil, and
promote their comfort, and nearly as much to
seek his market and sell his products.
These, and many other perplexihg disadvan-
tages, are inseparably connected with farm
ing in small way, and are tax op the
patience and comfort Of the farmer, and the
income Of the farm, which the large farmer
avoids. /, therefore, am brought to the in
evitable conclusion that up to our individual
business. capacity, the larger the farm the
tai invested, and the higher the compensation
for the thought, care and labor bestowed.
The point to be aimed at is, to do thoroughly
and well all we undertake to do, and to under
take no moro than we can reasonably expect
to perform, for these are the real elements Of
success in all business. The man who in that
manner can do a business of fifty thousand
dollars annually, is better off than If he do
One-half of that amount; and the farmer who
can care for two hundred or moro acres in that
manner ls the better and more successful for
it, and should be encouraged to go Oh 70 his
best capacity. The TRADE against land lis use
less. Most mon VIII follow their Instincts
instincts engendered by national and surround
ing infuences-to own all the land they can
buy. Therefore, the true field of labor of those
who attempt to influence public opinion and
private action in tn matter, who desire to see
great Improvement in agriculture, and greater
profits accruing to it, is to point out clearly the
principles which underlie agriculture as busi-
ness, and urge over and over, line upon line,
pIecept upon precept, that they be adhered to
urge to complete thorough cultivation and
fertilization Of every acre farmed-urge to con-
stant, exact attention and personal supervision
Of all the minute details which are the elements
of success, and to own no more land, and to do
no more business, than can be done in the most
thorough and complete manner, and to own as
much and do as much as can be thus performed.
Hearth and Home.