Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-01-23
Westminster Farmers club.


Nj. w. DAvIs-l have been asked
what we expect to do with this question
l answer, that believe much more of
the success of farming DEPENDS upon
adaptation than is generally admitted.
| look about me and find that Creation
was one perfect adaptation Of means to
theend.
The forest supplies certain want, veg
citation another, the animal kingdom an
other. and so we might enumerate the
birds oe the air and the fishes of the sea,
and find that each and every variety was
adapted to some particular purpose.
Man, we find, is being adapted to
certain ends and purposes. We are not
all adapted to any particular pursuit IN
life, we should therefore learn, early in
life to study our fitness. We find mem
bers of the same family very unlike in
fitness, very unequally qualified in their
ability to succeed in the same pursuit in
life. We find some men who have been
successful in business; others with super
Tor abilities have failed. Why Evident.
for want of proper adaptation. We some
times say that such man is lucky
farmer, but the secret o. that success is i'll
the fact that he has adapted himself to
his business. You had better be good
farmer than third rate lawyer. When
you have ascertained that you are fitted
for life of agriculture, you should study
how best to apply yourself, remembering
chat some farms had better be abandon.
ed altogether while others need to be
questioned as to their peculiar fitness to
stock raising or grain raising-you should
study what kind of crops are best adapt
ed to the different soils what kind Of
tools most suitable for use what kind OF
team will work to the best of advantage
and not least, the lady for your farm
wife, and her adaptation to the business,
The reason why SO many become dis
gusted with farm life is because every
thing is out of gear. When adaptation
is perfect every needed wheel in the ma.
chinery will be in motion and work togeth-
er, friction overcome, making us lords o!
our business in our allotted sphere, with
no panic, no bankruptcy, breathing the
atmosphere of natural independence.
N. G. PIERCE. The first question Of
adaptation relates to the man, and if he
is to be farmer, the sec ond should re.
late to the farm-the nature of the soil
the kind of crops bestI adapted. If you
have cold, sluggish soil, you should ap-
ply crops that will mature quick, if 8
warm, lively soil, those that make 8
larger growth. II you have the proper
soil it is as easy to raise 10 or 100 bush
els of corn per acre as to raise from 80 tc
so on different soil. There should also
be proper adaptation of tools to the
farm upon which they are to be used
Adaptation Of stock is an important item
in successful farming, whether sheep
COWS, or other stock, you should lool
we'll to blood, taking care to make gooC
selections. The team should be adapted
to the farming purposes. A little o
Bradley's phosphate, properly applied
has pleasing adaptation to the farm
But above all a good farm-wife vel
adapted to her business is the one thing
important to success.
GEO SABN.-This question of adapta
tion is life-study for all of us. We oh
serve that different members of our owl
families are differently constituted, ant
consequently adapted to different pun
suits in life. We desire that they SHOULD
all meet with success. We observe tina
those who have natural love for thei
, occupation have the advantage, from tn
fact that they are able to combine busi
ness with pieasure--and thus to lnclt
research. Different men appear TO D
: adapted to different departments in az
riculture one has love for stock, anoth
er for grain-raising. A man once SAT-
to me that the first animal he becam
particularly fond of " was sheep, an
other said that he would go half
mile anyway to kick one 1t is easy t
/ Judge which would succeed in the bus
, ness of sheep raising. If man pui
poses to raise stock he should have
farm adapted. For such business chea
, land is usually the most profitable.
q requires man with level head to be
successful farmer and Notwithstanding tn
theoretical eachings of popular dem;
8 gogues, farmers clubs or farmers granI
es, to my mind, are the means. everywa
adapted to the leveing of our heads,
> we use them. The successful farmers al
q those whose efforts are seconded by the e
! forts of the wife. For want of commo
' interest many farmers families do nj
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