Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-10-14
Agricultural


without ready market farming cannot
be made paying business, because the
cost Of gro wing . crop comes 30 nearly up
TO the marx etable valse, that but small
margin Of net gain IL left, even under IA
vorable copdit Ions. Wherever farms are
situated remote from the market, the cost
Of transportation. too often, not only con-
sumes the entire prodt, but draws upon the
producing cost When this is the condi-
ton Of things the fArmer sells his products
q loss.
The distasce 1t which market NAV be
placed. ID not Of 80 much moment. as the
cost and mode Of reaching that market
Many farm products such as frui; and vege-
tables. soae Of which are quickly perisha-
BILE 70 Be grown with profit. must reach
the market within given time TO command
paying price. or too often to be sold at
any price. Products of bulk and weight.
like hay and potatoes. must have some
mode Of conveyance, other than tina, of the
slow team Of the farm If 10 be carried any
considerable distance, else. the cost OF
trucking. eats up both profit and product.
Just in this unfortunate plight are a ma
jority Of the farmers Of Hancock county.
having no large manufacturing towns to
institute home market and no accessible
one wherein to hTiriy exchange their com
modities, or convert them into money
There are good markets. and there are
those who need the surplus products which
our farmers have to sell. but wide gulf
intervenes. those markets arr beyond our
reach, and our products are not within
theirs. This state Of things bad a. i, j.
must continue To exist going nom bad to
worse, so long as our farmers are content
70 stay without ruI-rodd- The value Of
railroad communication to the. farming
community can hardly he overestfnated
They enhance the value of real estate. cs-
Pecially, ofimprvycd lands. They increase
bring nearer msrkc, In two ways. by
shortening the distance between those who
have to sell and those wishing to buv. for.
II the cost Of going To market l. le~sened
distance to that market in the same pro-
portion-agsin the same /, accomplished
In more preferable way. and that j. by
bringing in new industries, and thus in
creasing the number Of consumers. for the
mouths there are to he fed the more mus,
be raised 10 feed them
Time Is money, never more 80 than now.
and capital will only go where there j. the
least consumption OF time between supply
and demand. New enterprises will not
follow spotted lines, "a llroad. must open 4
the way and invite them In. No business 4
man will travel over n road recurring
twelve hours, when by an easier route ne
can resch the same end In six hours with
out a railroad, we are on the ,,relre Aoar
road Isolated completely and ercctuallv I
from capital enterprise or industry. our
-rops must continue 10 decrease. our >ail 4
20, deieriorate and our farms 10 dcprcciatc
n value There j. nothing to indurr i'm.
'rovement, nothing 10 encourage to a bet
.er condition of things and vet the san
" our county viii Compare fayorahly with
hat OF any county within the Sta,r. ana
lirining here might be made a paving. and
IN inviting calling. could there be a demand
'or that. which our farmers might have To
supply. We repeat. that the great want az
'ur farmers i ready cash market and
hat. railroad alone. can give with one.
The value of our farms would double In ten
fcar~. and the price Of farm produce In
lalf that number OF years. there would be
. quick demand for whatever the farmer
might have IN sell cash in hand"
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