Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-12-19
FIRST EDITION.
Does Farming Pays


k them, as it has spoiled many other oraftsmen
@ and lAborers. no that the habit has become
- general of finding fault. No class of men seem
g satisfied with their wages or their income. But
Q farmers soem least satisfied of all, and with but
= few exceptions join in affirming that farming
does not pay!' Aud when shown that farmaTs
in The Northern and New England States ara
really comfortable and happy with money in
bank or III railroad stocks and little ready cash
on hand, they modify their cry little aud saw
. that farming does not pay III Delaware
freely concede that many farmers do not nc.
cumulate from the proceeds Of their farms bnt
on the contrary DO Actualls fall in arrears from
year to year until the forbearance Of creditora
can endure no longer and the Sheriff settles mn
the accounts. But the fault ia net in farming
as a branch OF industry but in the men and in
their habits and manners Of carrying on their
farm. as well as in the habits and requirements
OF their families,
Farmers have readily believed the emptv fiat.
teries ofdetiSning politicians that they were not
only the bone and sinsw' OF the country but tho
Lords OF the realm, justly euti'ed 70 drive fast
| horses and to ride in $500 and $1,000 carriages,
| and to dictate terms to the city merchant and
their bankers who only handle their money
Too many farmers have acted on the princinIe
that work was for the laborer aud not for lie
| farmer. They have ignored the Fundamental
| principle OF all successful agriculture that
lie, who py the IL w wo1 d thrive,
Himself nust el her Mold or drive,
anu nhNo Ieit lnelr men TO attend to the work
| while they were on the road, in town. or taking
| their care within their own houses
A man must have a good deal Of money to
farm successfully, or he must work with his own |
hands. II he have plenty Of money to employ |
large number OF hands he may make 1t paw |
better to oversee than to take hold himself |
But all the successful farmers / have known |
who commenced with nothing but their hands, /
were not afraid or ashamed to labor. ard some |
OF them kept 1t up after they we're worth hum
dreds of thousands.
Hired help at the present prices left without
Interested and well-dlected oversight. will ruin
any tanner IN few years II faf ming does |
not lay it is either because tho farmer is either
ldle.o negligent, ,or Decausehe wsntscity conven-
fences and Injuries, like his friend the mer-
chant or broker in the city.
Now 1t ia true that farming on the small scale
OF thousand acres or two will not enable man
to live as prince or an importer, whose iu-
comes are mlllions instead OF thousands may
i've Aud yet the farmer of hundreds of acres
or less may have what no city can afford, cOun-
try lnXnlIts.
II is the hired help, unproductye horses and
OFTEN an excessive run of company that Ordina- |
rlly prevents reasonable acenmulaion5 from
faim industry. to which may be added heavy in
tstest Tor cunVenccr for carving ON the farm, |
wllch no enc eau afford to hsvs while in debt |
Farmers should never enter into competit on !,
on equlpage. houses, furniture and display with !
mon who, with borrow cd capital, depend uu luck |
or snartness for euccess-Who spend money not | ,
their own simply because 1t ia iii their posses
sion.
Farmers should be what they generally are,
the sober, prudent sensible. economical and in.
dustliuus men who live trugally safely and we'll
upon the Productions OF their own industry.
without envying or apilg the snob whose
Industrious uncle or grandfather bcqleath- =,
ed his money to fool Wuere Dru-
dent, lndnstIlnnA aud RaoS,hi~ f-~-- @
home and some patrlmony to hle helrs. t"ehly 3
men engaged in trade and specu AtlOns tall OF 1
leaving dollar. The truth II, FARMER ehBAB Il
ma ltpt IllIEult. and VINO chuHOl 10
z.dncrd from it bv any adventure ana VINO keepS 4
liza name from the paper of the adventner, can !
not fail il he ia Industrious and oes not truet q
to other hands to do or oversees his WORK =,
Some men do m.ke farming pay and ADD i
farm to farm as the Investment OF their prohts l
Money invested in land pays better Interest /
thar money invested IN most stpuslhesSoPeiN'0"''
and is besides more secure
A proof that farming pays tho average taIn- I
or look al the stateztics Of the Agricultural De
partmeut Land 10 valued in tins stare AZ III
average valuation OF wa per acre lno a.nsro a'va
worth 60c Der bushel Wheat averaged lis /
bushels per acre, at 81 81 per bnshel 0a.s' ~
bu.hels al Ale per hu- hel Potatoes l2O hurh-
els per acre, Al SOC per bushe hay q Hlis ~
the acre at $3.50 per ton. Some ut our Janus; |
Of course ate worth more than the average oi
7i4 per acre, aud yield more than the averages
Of ths different crops hamth Sume VI oII |
lands are worth less aud produce los lhSh tho !
average crop; and for agricultural PURPOSES
lAuds are valuable according to their pIoaao-
tons =, - al. |
Taking the above average yalne, and inc
average of crop with the price Tor tha' year auu
il il seen that land planted to coru bring reiutns
Of Sl3 20 per acre. or 30 PER cent ON the money
invested IN tho land. Sown to wheat, the re-
turns are $l735 per acre, or hesIy au peL Seii'
Sowu to oats the returns are SS ~ per acre oi
nyrr l8 uer cent To buckN heat ~ 01 per acre |
or 2lI6 per cent Seeded to hay. the returns
are 81 81 per acre, or nearly on per cent, FlAnt
ed 10 POTATOES. the Income Is lou pei oeIt ~ n !,
I. iiax haV va nn 1t Il
ie quite certain that the income VIII range many
Bnt lie labor and cost of implements, and in
oidental expentes, ust come ouo ~. rasdv
10 uerform all thO labor and return haiI lnls
amount to the landlord provided he VIII resp
up his land to this average. And WIN rsas9n- 99n
ably wise management. the straw stalk1' luiuei .
aud the grain lequred to be fed OH the Iafm
will keep up the farm to the average pfSducti'e-
ness -. -, -, ,,ho in |
Thus, it may be seem that the man VINO IN
ve.ta in lsr ds at this average may receive as
intarest nn hls investment, without any expense
10 him except half of the seed-9 per cent Mien
oats are soVn 1917 per cent when onehwnes. ~
Gown is when corn is planted ~ "hen % WISE M,iop'
il sown /: % il hay il grown and oo when Pl4't ~
ed 10 potatoeA when worked ou sliares, OF al an
annual rent at one-half the productions OF inc
farm .,a.,..,;,,, e,uras
ora hrnu0ht ont one will point to Jones, smith,
and r., bbins who do not make two per ceu'' W
| the vaIne OF their real estate-that 49, tuey uo
| not Law M and have clear of all expenses lWo |
per cent acknowledge the tact / see @ inen
| with farms valued from $50 to SlVO per ao'5 5
| that clear just about mt"us two per cent anu
| would not get the plus sign trehAed II % 1ne p,o
| dnctlons Of their farms we're doubled bat .nae
only proves that it costs them too muoh 10 ia'se
| their grain. ,,5 4Lot will |
weld 40 bushels Of wheat to the acre no hae
| live sons between twelve and dtwentN' no nusnt
To do ali his work within himself, but ne beePs
| two hired men who, as he aud his boys nave 30
| much bueiness in town. perform 1883 laoot a t.ian
one man might perform. Farming Jones says
does pot pay. :, IN .cras adj
Peter Thrifty bought farm OF W @ acfes s,Jly du
Joining Jones seven years ago. that was pauIs
Tun down, for $50 per acre. de hten haai, ~.
being entirely alone except girls tor 9le per
month and board and also plnW-ooy ioi ' POI
| month Last year he planted ~ acres 70 oo,u, a
20 to wheat ten 10 potatoes, useu yen i1r p p'to
tnre and soiIing had into meadow, ~ mo
peaches three into pears and two 10 uucA' h'
| sold as follows 40 nm
onOO barkes peaches 81 90. w" 'o"
| -s00 hushels corn 60c...........''' a3S aE
Ann bushels wheat 150..........'...' eoS e0S
1900 bushels potatoes 5Oc.......''..''' SS1 SS1
i900 baskets pears 1.5O. low
Whole income. e.........'..''''''' -
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