The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-04-12
FARM AND GARDEN.
Frsm the American ALritulttirlN
pril---Hints About Work:

Utthc year VIII soon commence, and We shoui'l
see that everything is ready tor energetic Sys-
tcmatiC work. How to make money by farm
ing is the great question. There are TWO
ways of getting rich. One is to spend hess
than you earn and the other Is to earn more
than YOU spend. 1t may be thought that THIS
is n distinction without difference; but such
is not the case. The farmer who aims to save
50 cents out of every dollar he gets is very
different man form the farmer who aims TO
vet $3.50 instead Of 800 One saves just as
much money AS the other. But the latter has
lust twice AS much to spend as the former.
And il Will make quite IL difference to farm.
or and his family, and to the community in
which he lives, whether he spends $500 or
$1,000 a wear; or sill more whether he spends
$4,000 instead of $1,000 The distinction we
make, therefore, is one worth considering.
We believe in ecommy; but we believe still
more in work. When John Johnston was
blowing one hot diy is his summer-tallOw, IL
butcher came to buy some cattle. Mr. j told
him his price and hen started the horses, and
The butcher walked by his side. He was very
fat, and the land WIS soft and mellow, and the
perspiratiOn soon hurst from every pore, BY
The time he got to md of the field, he was will
ing to "split he difference" Mr. }. turned in
again, and the buchcr still walked by his
side When they got back to the starting
point, Mr.. j put in the plow again and started
the horses. Hold on, Johnston" exclaimed
the butcher, III take UNI; | would not walk
up and down that ield again for double the
money Here Is aman who knew his own
mind-knew what lis cattle were worth; and
above all he knctr tie ydlue If time. lie knew
that man and team were worth 30 cents an
hour. He knew that if he stopped and went
home with the bucher the men Working in
the field would belikely to do less work while
he was cone An lDur's idle talk would prOba-
bly hayt cost him % cents He was determined
to save this 80 cents and run the risk OF the
butcher not givin! what the cattle were worth.
And this affords ne reason why Mr. John
ston Ina, lived in Tcat comfort, brought up n
large family, and made over one hundred
Thousand dollars ly farming.
Make up your mind what you intend To do.
sit down and count the cost. DO not under,
takcmorc than yOucan perform. 1t Is unwiSe
10 commence wOrkthat You are unable to fin
ish in due season. Many farmer loses more
by getting behindhnd with his spring work
than would buy aDthcr team, and pay the
wages OF Il man fora year. This has, at any
rate, been true mOrohan once in our own cX-
pcricncc. Have yo, not found it so?
what then shoN ,redo shall we buy more
horses and hire mQe men? Not if we can
help. Il would probbly be better to pillow less
land. his Is q pOlE caCn FARMER must uc-
eide fer himself Al we can say is, do not
yet behindhand with our work. Almost any
hinr is better than tbs.
7,Jo s,.,,oo. do mat CI,,oc-W are mite
,,t ~ ll,mc thr weatrr Apd VET if is y mat.
r' ~ f'nt that here no rhor,rr in oIr eli.
~, r,a. o Thcrn hive oII,ys hrrn Net voors and
cold years ard yeiSpt great drouth. We
should be prepared 70 them.
,,,, =, wat soil, Is, md unpn
C""'|F"t%"g GA WEI soll' Is tu'Sp' ~
sable to real SucceSSh farming wen,
DRAINED ana WeIl,Wor?d heaVy son Is rafely
affected by drouth. Ecry en'erprlSihS larhl-
rr VIII 90 more or RESTRAINING every spring
If he once commences unIerurHlI' ana does
the work well, he Wlin0t he iiNeIy 10 stop
until ne has made all 5 lana dry
IopHrsSSth9 cFdSS, hHd Is grand means
OF ameloratlng rnc eiict OF Grooth' spread
the manure as carry aS'oSSiole III inc spring
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