Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1872-11-05
Exhibition Drim OF Column Cadets.
Mr.. GoOdsls on the Change, in Farming.

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Mr. GoodsIe on the Changes in Farming.
Al the commencement, OF tho alter
noon session. Mr.. ) L. Goodale. Secrc-
tsry ofthe Board, presented an elaborate
and exhaustive paper on the general
changes in farming, during the past dog
EN- wears and the demands which these
changes make upon the farmer In his
| Introduction be alluded To the iaet that
willis our lar-e towns and cities have
been increasing in wealth and population.
the rural districts have been diminishing
in the numbers OF their inhabitants, a.
one demanding full and careful inyes
| tigation Notwithstanding lh,s fact
could not be put aside, he Yet believed
that it had in il something beside cause
Tor sespondensy. The censu0 returns
show Iha; our farming lands have Ueou
improved at the rate Of eight per cent
IN twenty Yeats. aud their Increase IN
| value tor the same time has bsen 1T the
rate Of thirty per cent. Il may be true
that we keep less stock, out II is OF
greater value than that kept formerly;
We keep fewer sheep. bu! We grow more
wool, and the difference IN farm crops
is greatly due 70 differences in season.
The speaker next alluded to the
changes brought on by the var the
great amount OF money II called into cir
culslion, the new demands ii created.
snd the means it gave men OF paying
for that they never dreamed OF possess
INK. II should no. be forgotten also
that this money did not come from ger
era increase OF productive industry
| With ne slmos. unlimited call for labor
with high rates OF pay, ia every depart
ment OF industry, i. j, strange that young
men leave the farm
What the agriculture OF Maine wants
is a good home market; this IS what bas
made The agriculture OF Great Britain
tie best in The world, enabling her TO
spend vast sums for labor, and 60 10 the
ends OF the earth for fertilizers and con-
centrated cattle food with whieh to make
better manure An increase OF c0nsum-
ers makes sn increased demand. Me-
chanics don. want competitors. neither
do farmers. The former ale the custom
ere Of the later; and our farmers must
DC made to realize tina. diversified ~
riculture and horticulture, and the means
OF selling something to obtain a fair re-
turn Tor that purchased from abroad, is
their best course. They must remem-
Der that where one man succeeds in
merchautiio lite hundreds TAIL, and that
in farming therc are few failures and
loT losses
Farming to be pursued a business
must bs so conducted that il will return
q profit besides the interost ca the land,
stock. &c Generally speaking, u man
should engage in that business with
which he is best acquainted, for which he
has some fitness and some love. In
farming ne should have capital; the
means of adapting his wares TO the mar
ket and a knowledge of the wants of his
customers. lie should also know the
cost Of what he produces, and how to
produce it eheaply Farming resembles
manufacturing and the farmer re-
semLles Tie manufacturer more than any
other person. Both are consumers OF
raw material, and with the aid and skill
in the manipulation, both are striving to
produce good articles. The farmers raw
material il soil and seeds. Both employ
machinery for the conversion of the low
eli grades OF material to the higher An
imas are the farmers machines, and the
food they consume which Is necessary to
maintain life, may be called the food OF
support-that above this the 10 Oh OF pro