The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-06-29

BEGiSS1SG on THE FARM.-"R.," sensi-
hle Charlottesville correspondent Of the
Country Gentleman, writes the following to
a young man asking advice as to beginning
with a c,jital Of six or seven hundred dol
lars
GAS I have lust been over the road that
your correspondent, Percy Willis. seems to
wish to enter upon, l will give few hints
in answer to his letter. l honestly believe
tha, near good market, with my present
knowledge of trucking and the milk buSl-
ness. and of the use Of all sorts of tools.
uarin. carpenters, and saddlers), which
have acquired by practice. could, with S'00
and by hard work and economy. make Il
home where in Il tew years l would be COM
tortablc and make very handsome proht
ON the capital invested. But without such
4 thorough practical knowledge OF the bu>i-
ness (Which can only be had by working ut
il ones >clil. think | would certainly fail.
Suppose we make 4 rough estimate OF the
INDISPENSABLE outlay necessary for start III
| the truck and milk business near some good
market, say Washington:
a acres land III say $40 onc-quartcr cash.. $500
| ! hors, 1925: = cows at $40 cacn........... 2Gj
Sec"mGTmIi, siFgweIhM o, SAY Ec 20
| Hnrst fed one year, SIS: TWO COWS feed so 121
Huard Tor yourself one Year. say oU
| House furniture, bedding, utensils, seeds,
| plants, manure, taxes, some extra Ee!p, 4 lit
| lie lumber, tools, nails, Sundrles-hoW far
would your 800 gof
The income of the first year would OF
course be small, as.thcre would be nothing
planted ahead, and the land not in condition
to produce profitable crops. Still, if one
knew what 10 plant and how to plant,
work and prepare it, how TO Guy What
is actually necessary for the economic
working of the place (and nothing in
excess of this should be bou@h), he could
cover all expenses, and constantly improve
his place and enlarge his operations, 80 that
in a few years he would own valuable little
farm and be quite comfortable and indie
| pendent, and i'll Il condition TO double his
| domestic happiness.
TO accomplish this, would ask him:
| /. Are you atle to DO steady work?
,. Are you sciiti1g to rise early and work !:
II so, 90 and hire yourself for two years
to some nran now engaged in the business.
| Begin ut the bottom, aud learn Me trade
before you pat your time and money iulo.ii.
| Let wages he no object. The important part
will be TO find some man who understands
aud successfully carries on the business, and
| in whose family you can have 4 pleasant
| home while you are doing the drudgcry in
| the garden, vineyard, orchard, and dairy.
| In two years you viii probably have learned
enough to start for yourself. Then, .ttStnd
iente: DO not try 10 do too much ut once,
but begin with safe crops, and what will
most certainly payeven on nditlerently pre-.
Dared soils; and 1T once put out some fruits
TO grow wlie you rest and swell the profits
of tnt,ira wears M small Ouil3v in work
Above all. Ike very careful in selecting your
place: note carefully not only the character
of the soil aad growtA upon ii, but the
drainage, exposure, facilities for abundant
water, the roads and distance to market. DO
not let cheap house, or some taDcled adj
vantage OF location sell you a place with
bad soil, full of filth, sant of water
and far from market, or with bad
road to be travelled over every day.
However, if after two years trial you find
you like and suit the business, YOU will bet
ter appreciate what is needed in it. Mcan-
while your 500 will have grown to 81 ,OO0,
and sou will have learned better how to use
it; and instead OF Gike me) learning by en-
pericnce at your own expense, will at least
be making support for yourself While you
earn your trade.
THE PoTATo BuG.--Lincola, ILL.,, June Is. |
Editor Amerlcdn,-I see by the c. weekly"
hat the potato bug has made its appearance
Il Maryland. l would suggest, for the ben
'ht OF potato-gr0Wers, that an application of
gas lime," dissolved in water and sprinked
Upon the plants, will efiectually drive them
way. The solution must not he made too
trong. The lime can be obtained ut any