Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-03-16

servation confirm me in the opinion thai
farming is the most healthful, natural, and
| desirable business, and In a pecuniary
sense fsure and reasonably satisfactory
that failures to make farming pay are due
| only to want of q right adaptation OF
means to the end.
Our city friend tells EN- he ca mot make
farming pay. Why? simply because he
does not understand the business, and
fails to make right adaptation Of means
to the end. The public mind labors under
! the wrong impression that anybody can
farm successfully. On the contrary 1,
| should be viewed in the same light with
| any other business requiring thorough
| practical knowledge. But farming has
this exception. it is more difficult to mas
ter. Three years application to almost
any other business, will furnish n man
with the requisite knowledge to follow 1t,
but no three years will do that on the
farn. little practical information NAV
be sufficient to ensure success In raising
single crop in one season; but the rails,
Ing and selling of varied and successive
crops, the rearing or buying. caring for
and final dispositions of the farm stock
the ready practical solution of all questions
| nom seasons, soils manures. &c, every
| thing in fact coming under the head OF
| farm management involves knowledge
and Judgment requiring long years of study
and practice, and which not even life
| time would serve to make perfect
One other vital point to success is the
choice of farm. Our young men look to
the west, and many, and a constantly in
| creasing number of farms IN New England.
wait for purchaser. The civilization oi
New England is abandoned Tor prairie
l III. H. 4. - 4
houses, and home markets. He raises
larger crops, and though at less rate. is
successful. So wonld he he under the
same condition here.
BY going west he escapes whatever evils
society may have thrown around him :
frees himself from the necessity of keep
ing up appearances" So called, which
means society's demand for style. show
and extravaganza; there hc secures good
land at a low rate and for house the
LOG hut" answering we'll
Speaking with a man not long since who
was interested in the numbering cuisines
IN New Hampshire. l was surprised at his
staten ent of the cest of his steam mill :
but learned that the policy was TO put in
good machinery and let the covering be
anything that would serve Tor protection.
That mill was successful So in farming
800 VI - W AuN Poihe. VI itAi -
TO be secured. To young IT an of limited
means, every dollar invested in supcrfiuti-
es, at the start. is worse than wasted; IL
helps TO roll Mp burden for aching should
ers. Let the young man then have the
moral courage To go West" in New Eng
land, returning whatever j. of real value
lnits ciyilization.and gradually As the prof
II of the farm Will admit. beautify his
home and its surroundings
The tendency Of the day is to the cit Y
and the village, throwing farms in the out
skirts of towns into the market. This j.
the Young mans opportunity. Good fair
buildings can be had at low prices. and for
practical farming are worth more than II
situated In the village. The society and
wisdom of those. who hsbtually. evenings
and rainy days at the country store. are
ever ready TO enlghten on law" town
affairs, politics. or gossip. can be dis
pen>ed with. to say the least. not on. by
The farmer hut by his help.
To the young man then with competent
abilities aud practical knowledge. who has
secured hi farm with an eve TO it, real
value. there remains for hfs 10 follow his
business with the same earne>tncss and
devotion demanded fpr business: he is not
only laborcr but student and whatever
light and information lac NAV gain j. 80
much invested capital Agricultural pa
pers and books are not t. Uc swallow 81
whole. but read aud digcsted.
The remark i often made to me. and
even by farmers. that farming don't pay.
but such person never gains credit with
me by such statement ignorance or in
doiencc
Money Is not the chiei end OF life nor
the only good derived from the farm
Health. home independence. a quiet con
science. and the comforts OF lite. are en-
jOYed 10y the farmer. and 70 be considered
a. part OF his reward L. II sherman,
In Mass. PoHghmra.