Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-03-11
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IN farm
.,rity Of farm
!. for mncs work.
1T Of farming il con-
,teymeai a. . stepping
. prrfsrncot but not as a
sis uuiuvitiug and uuremuuera-
Bat. Whenever and wherever 1t 10
.acsd to busisess. il 10 no venture. it
Is rsmunerative.
Every kind Of business, he it. ups and
downs it, bright day and its dark ones
it, floods and droughss. its rssn and
blights and m,idees.
The gold market has its sud1sa huctus-
tons. its turns md 'corners.' Socks are
brisk. then dull Trade 10 tull Of eot0a-
ton. then utterly devoid Of it. Every n
dustrial pursuit has its shado~y side =
we'll a. it, sunny. Even the Printer has
his devil
The bssiaess Of farming forms no excep-
ton TO the rule. but. it 10 not extra hazard
Gus. 1t is not the peculiar nature Of the
vocation. but the gsesnnS. that makes
farming uphill work.
The iuexcusablc waste Of the very -
sesce Of the mAnure-the liquid portion
10 Of itself enough to ruin the best OF farm
ep-ths want Of soue system Of farm &C
counts. 10 none the lcss %.
The success OF the merchant hinges tn
the .cost mark and the Ledger that,
Of the farmer on i.ck and chance. The
merchant becomes rich. the farmer remains
poor.
Many farmer finds himself coming on,
behind HE expenses 1t the end Of the year.
bu, does not know where :he trouble 10.
He has raised potatoes and corn and oats
and calves and colts aud lAmbs. and sold
at coed prices. but there's great leak
somerAere.
The crops have been good. the animal.
have grown finely. the season has been
propinous. but. somehow. at the close Of
the year he finds himself no better off than
at the beginning. Where is the trouble
He may gaes and calculate and reckon.
but withou, the egares the mystery will
remain. . mystery. still.
A certain farmer in Maine had what
was called cern farm. Corn was his
leading crop: but. with his corn. wheat.
oats. potatoes. hay. horses. hogs. cows and
sheep. the final footing At the year. end.
left bu, a small margin ofnet profit. Either
the sheep were eatin:. Peorn. The .c,les
swinc,.ard Into use. system of farm &C
the Ledger dad the tale unfold" While
the whca, was paving . profit Of 10 per
cent. and the potatoes q profit Of Is per
cent, the corn wac gown At .oss Of 20 per
cent. Az that in the averaging of accounts.
there was only balance Of ) per cen, due
tue credit side. Thai farmer don't grolr
corn aor.
Another case IN our county. A farmer.
having three cows good for butter" land
which was best he could not tell. opened
N account with them. charging the fodder
care. ete-and giving credit for the butter
made pc, week. HE wife. for the fancy
Of the thing. kept the milk seperate. when
shurning. their surprise was great At end
ing thats one Of tAs cow vas making more
batter thaa b Il Of Tie etAen. The three
we're making q lbs. per week. Spot
vss mailing II lbs. oos- Beauty S Ibs.
lies. 'Jsusy' , lbs. u o. .Beasty' and
-Jeosy.. aid'ent make butter on that farm
after that
when the steeiya,d becomes farm i'm
plemeut hundreds Of hard working farm
en. soiling the '.life-long days" to make
both ends meet. well be swfully surprised
At finding that some crop only indiiferen,ly
cared TO-. 10 the paving one. and 30 me
favorise one cultivated with sedulous care,
is eating up the profit They will fud
also that farm accounts play more i'm
Portant part than seed or manure.
In England. where the soil had bee.
cropped for more than thousand years
before Columbus sailed upoa his voyage Of
discovery. where perforcs Of necessi,y her
farmers have been driven to elevate farm
ing to the dignity of business. and where
rigid system Of farm accouns have been
introduced, wheat the most fastidious Of
cereals. has increased its yield per acre
from ten. to twenty enc bushels. within
the last Fifty years.
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