Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-01-17

brought round NJ the emu OF uhe year, with
profit. The better we farm the better II will
pay, and we better not give It up. ! think
we can make farming pay.
MoNiel; The subject is Farming does
not pay" Some of our farmers who are in
dependent, think farming pays. They have
gained the comforts of life, that appears to
be enough for them, but we who have small
farms, and no bank stock, can't come up to
that standard. No man cnn make the prog
ress ut the present timo, that majority Of
farmers did in former times The question
Is, how farmers who have bought farms IRE
going to pay for them.
w. p. Gage; Under the two great heads,
niscdlculdtion and mis-appltcdtion may be
found the reasons why farming does not pay,
If it does not. You are ap; to cultivate too
much land and thus make n misapplication
of labor. lie exchanges his produce for fine
flour, mt great sacrifice in cost, buys tea, sal
eratus and spices Of all kinds, good in their
places but injurious to the stomach. He
makes thctobncco and pipe his one great hob
by, takes Ayers pills for food and tonic, Bit
ters for drink, and then complains Of the eX-
travagance of the times. II he would leave
NIL those useless things in the market and
consume his own products, his farm would
pay. Extravaganza aeUer paid; farming al
| rays paid.
Geo. Sabin: Tit trouble is, we don't get
the prices consumers pay. We ought to COM
bine. The secret of success is in anon of
interest. liza certain product pays better
Al. 70 a.,
club ought to inform us correctly. We want
to do better than simply get hiring. The
same intelligence and energy carefully APP
hhfcd, ought to pay ms well MS In other occu-
4 pations, but that cannot bc under the pres
ent condition of affairs.
Friday EUcning.
Phincas Reyes Farming docs not pay
because we think it doesn't pay Inferior
animals return small profits Good ones arc
the pride of the farmer, because most profit
able We should raise variety of crops, some
of them will bring n good price. Farming
must pay, else men Of other occupations can.
not prosper.
NJ. w. Davis: president y The return,
show that few farms pay per ct. on the
money invested and all the labor of the man
ayers freely given. One OF our best farmers
in town, II hard worker and u close calcula.
tor, informed me short time since. that he
T was not able to clear that, and has not beer
} during the present range of high prices Ont
, great reason is found in the work of the 10
comotive, bringing produce from the West
l furnishing il TO our consumers much cheap
3 er than it can be afforded by New England
farmers This fact has brought about a new
. Grain the business of agriculture. All on
= CROPS would bring fair price, If not 70
0 western markets. We must enter into
, ''new departure" induce our people to fur
nish home markets by introducing steam pow
er or something of the kind to interest youn
men, and furnish profitable business, tina
. shall induce them to stay with us. II is FOL
| ~ to say farmers don't icork. They work 10
L hard. In respect to variety of crops | thin
Q it is better to take Il speciality. Many of on
L Walpolo friends have become independer
o hy 50 doing. Small farms have been recon-
| mended. If II small farm pays. II large on
e can be made 10 pay. Some men manag
l. large farms rs well us others manage sma
II ones
e +. Arnold: 1t certainly seems to me thu
II farming pays. can let mine on shares I'm
l. make it pay large per ct.
N w. r. Klmball; With hay at 500 per to
5 you may turn your farms wholly to grass an
I. make them pay ~ per cent
e ID. G. Wright: am not one who thinl
W farming pays ~ grcat profit; but it pays u
&c even profit disagree with the president
Aregards specially of crops.
1t p. Reyes: lam not surprised to hear Il
" Z president advocate specially of crops AS 81
id Mingr His tobacco is probably a paYiI
1t crop.
n. G.. Pierce: Mr.. Arnold thinks he ca
'r let his farm and makea large perct. Icou
r. not let mine and make pay the profits
% mentioned, if should do NIL the work, mu,
less could men in our back towns.
d. W. Il. Kimball; Unjust begin to show ii
I'll urcs. Suppose you raise 80 bushels of co
in per acre. Tho fodder is worth Sl5. Wi
IL corn ut 30 cents per bushcl why will it II
ly pay? And 80 bushels of oats per acre, at
he cents per bushcl ought to pay.
nd President: The gentleman has taken ye
ar uncommon figures. Our farms do not ave
in age 10 bushels per acre. lie does not cOu
the cost of dressing the land and fitting il
Nt the crop.
Adjourned to Friday eve, January
Subject for discussion, "llow can farmi
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