The Grange advance., 1874-08-12
Crops, Prices, Economy.

The crops throughout almost the entire
State are light. Present prospects for
good prices are not very favorable. It
is not at all likely that the price of
wheat for the next year or two will be
any where near as high as it has been
for the last year or two. The crops in
almost every part Of Europe are report
ed to be average or upwards, and the
same in California. With lighter crops
and lighter prices, our farmers will feel it
! very heavily.
Surely then this will be good time
t" study economy. "a penny saved is
two pence Clear And why? Because
when you earn penny you give cer-
tain amount of labor for it, but when
you save penny you have got both the
time that will earn penny and the
penny saved besides. This of course
amounts 10 t"O pence.
:: But where shall I begin to econo-
mize?" says one. "How can I be
more saving than have been? The
Lord knows | have none too much cloth
ing for myself and family now. We
hardly ever see fresh meat except when
l kill my hogs. My house is small, and
you might as we'll talk of economizing
on the furniture in straw stable as to
economize in the furniture of my house.
No, can't see any chance for econo-
mizingor saving
All this may be truthfully said by
hundreds and thousands Of men. Yet
so far from being an argument that
they cannot economize, it is very con-
elusive argument that they must econo.
mize or 60 to the dogs entirely, to use a
vulgar phrase But let US look and see
whether you can or can not. There are
two great lazy, useless dogs that eat as
much as would raise you nice hog. A
few cents spent for powder and strych-
nine and judiciously applied, would
make good commencement. This
might also save you the costs and
trouble Of law suit, brought to recov-
er the value Of some of your neighbor's
sheep some time. There are a number
Of great cats out Of which yon might
raise another hog, by pursuing similar
course. Figure up what you spent for
beer and other liquors last year if you
can, and save every cent Of it next
year. An hour or two spent in filing
up that old we'll out there, will save you
the price Of a COW or horse one of
these days. 0, of course you have in
tended to do it for the last five years,
but now do it. What with the grain
that you might have cleaned from the
fields last harvest, that you might have
saved around the stacks and the thres6-
ing machines, and that was rotted by
getting wet on the top of the stacks,
you might have raised a fine lot of
poultry that would have made the very
best of fresh meat, besides bringing in
great many dollars. If you are a
young man save every cent that you
are spending for tobacco; if you are an
old man use it little more moderately,
at least, and you will save money and
strength at the same time. Don't
spend another cent for patent medicines.
The only use or object of these medi-
cines is to steal your money and make a
few rascals enormously rich. Did you
never notice that The GRANGE AD-
VANCE never advertises patent medi-
cines?
But a man may economize fully as
much by making the most of what he
has got as in any other way. Do you
take proper care of your harnesses A
set Of harness will last some men twice
as long as others, and stand twice the
amount Of wear and tear. Thirty or
forty dollars saved on set of harness is
no small matter. These remarks apply
fo al uour farm imxlonoonAa o.l .o