Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-09-11

after this wise: ~ have twenty acres
of wheat; at l5 bushels to the acre
this will yield me 800 bushels, which
at $l.50 bushel will bring $3.50. Then
, will cut % tons of hay, allowing l
save tons for my own use, there are
20 tons, which at $40 ton will bring
$500. will sell no corn but feed itall
to my hogs. will have 40 to sell af-
ter saving enough for home use. Ii
they weigh 200 each and get $40 a
hundred, there is $500; making total
of 81 ,450. To be on the safe side, /
will allow the odd $3.50 for wages and
lOsses,and can safely calculate on 81 600
as my profits"
Working on this principle, he begins
to spend money-no, he does not
spend it, for he has none to spcnd-but
to 60 in debt on the calculation that
he has an income of thousand a year.
He buys stock and machinery on cred
it, to be paid for "when the crops are
Sold" He runs bill at the grocer's,
at the dry goods store and ct the tail
or's, and his wife runs one at the mill
liners.
BY and by the season is over, and
ha koU;na ~ lnok ~ fho roenlt which
;s not % rIoss;na 80 ha ent;c;na,ad
Part If his wbeaf cron failed a1tn~eth.
or and The balance waa Moor and hie
whole twentv scras hrnurht him IN
hnshels"vh;cb he snld fSi ~ q bnsb.
eI. His b.v cron not tnrn;no ont 40
well as he expected, and having pur-
chased more stock, he is obliged to
and the amonnt h. has left for saio
viii viii @ scsrcalv - nav S for R tho cost Of harS a.
vest;nr He has lost one or two
horses aud the doctor has a long hin
aeaipst him. His hogs did not aver.
aee two hundred a niece. and brought
hnt ii n hnndred instead If tom.
Then the hills foot mn faster than he
Imagined N ia astonishinU how ran
idly 4 hill orows at = store where Won
gef inst what Won want and tell them
70 abook it.n
Altooether. instead of being able TO
meet al his bills, and having some
thinc left over to spend during the
cnminu season ha has ia oive his note
for 4 mart ~ his accounts and starf the
season w;thont 4 cent Of money on
hand.
Doa, bo Iaarr apv w;sdom hv Tho
.e nc io"H UM uy 'no
SsAPeliclce. 'Sly n..le einaps .e
nas gOou CROPS tne neAt seasOh, anu ~
aDle g Pay al ms Iresn accounts an0
part OF MS Oi0 notes, ana SO str9ggies
on, Always nving eacn year on tne eA'
Poc.atlon OF mat years crops, Deing
constantly snort OF money, and the
hrst Dad season 10 unable 10 meet his
store oil! again. ls u any wonder
with sucn system that ready money
Is scarceF 1t is so easy to make bills
wnen the merchant Knows your cred
1t is good, payday looks long way
Oh, and just q little now and then can
not amount to much, and he rails into
the Old ruts again and travels them so
OFTEN that he loses all desire or expec-
tauon OF getting out OF them.
what 10 the remedy Short ana
simple, though not always agreeable
81 the hrst:
Never spend your money TIL you
nave II.
serape along, economlze, 40 any
tning TO get through the hrst year
without gong into debt. Deny your
sell luxurles ana let your recreailon De
the e0ntemplau0n OF dIn.s Inc peace ana
voar paeasa 'n ..nrnh ss;an @ a,. 1;, ILLS
th;rs go. rrhats,s, !, -, =. - A. In.
ont Il and ,nsLa r,,ie ne~s. G if ~ aa,
nosa;blv he avoided 70 nnrchasa . anv. nv"
thing for which Won have not tho
money ON hand to nav with. Then
the next wear Won will have fhe money
in vonr nockets. know how mnch voi,
have to spend. and have q clear con.
science nnveyed with that most de.
pressing of ali auestions SLOW. am
/ going 10 meet nv next winters store
bill ?.
We think If this plan were pretty
generally followed for n few wears
there would cease to be the constant
cry tsof no money. and the crv when.
ever there is a short crop or the sud
den fall in the price of some article Of
athe farmers can't pay their debts,
We trust our readers will not mis-