, 1875-03-06
Success in Farming.

If a man viii put dollar out at inter
est at 10 per cent, compromising ii every
year, il Will double itself in ii1tlc over
seven years. This is simple little
truth, but IL Is the cornerstone of bank
ing, and the secret of the wonderful
success that steady ana iUdici0uS money
lending sometimes exhibits. The Capdc
ity oI "A SintIe dollar to double itself al
interest in seven years does not strike Us
aS of much value; but when We reflect
that muitipleS OF one dollar possess the
same capacity; that 500 loaned at 10
per cent, compounded in little over
seven wears, becomes 5000; that 81 900
becomes $4,000; that s., 600 becomes
$40 900 and $40 coo becomes so, 600
the immense value Of the quiet, invisible
process becomes apparent. II Is true
there are hazards in banking and money
lending which rclard and impair the
multiplication; but the naked truth, as
We have stated i, Is the basis of what
we call legitimate banking, and skill in
finance consists largely, If not mainly,
in avoiding the risks and dangers To
which the process OF increase Is exposed.
But banking Is not the only vocation
"A
ity of weaVl to reproduce and multiply
itself; othrrvocdtions may enjoy it in
greater or less dcgrec-faImIng, perhaps,
in greater deg-ee than ali others.
| Farmers are accustomed 10 complain
that they can have nothing hut what
they dig out OF the earth By hard labor;
| but lei Us see about That. Take a farmer
who has not a dollar 10 deposit in a
savings bank, but VINO hes a grain Of corn
! to deposit in the rich soil of his farm ii
| he makes the deposit under the propcr
| conditions and does his duty aflorward;
| II he tills the soil around it, keeps ii clear
| of weeds, and leaves the rest to nature,
| in six months il Will return him an hun
! dred fold, five hundred fold, thousand
| fold for his trouble Instead of a dollar
! doubling Itself in seven years he VIII
have a grain of corn multiplying into a
thousand graiUS in SIX months; and, If
! he plants the thousand grains the fellow
| ing season, under proper conditions and
does his duty they viii grow into 1900
600 grains.
This capacity Of a grain Of corn 10 mul-
| tiply itself IS the foundation principle
| of farming, and the center secret of sue
/ cess in il, just as the capacity of u dollar
! loaned at interest to double itself is the
basis of banking. Every grain OF corn in
Il bushel measure possesses the same
power, and If that buSheI OF corn be
planted and cultivated it viii expand
! into a thousand bushels, Just as single
! grain expands into "A thousand grains.
! There are hazards in farming as well as
( in banking that must he taken into aC
| COunt-ani here IS where the farmers
! skill must come in 10 guard his grain and
| every other growing thing on his place
against these risks. All skill in farming,
and all the advice and directions given
| in agricultural books and papers about
! PlGwiHg, planting, cultivating, harvest
/ ing, pruning, feeding, fat'cning and shell
| tcring come 10 this point at last, viz:
! the giving 10 his planted grain, grass,
/ trees and vines the conditions they
/ require for growth and The protection Of
! them against the risks of weather and
| insects. II Is nature that makes the
! farmer rich but nature sternly eXacts
his cooperation. tie must 30 his part
/ fully and fairly and she will 90 hers.
/ She Will not be defraUded-indeed, she
/ cannot be drfTauGed; and in this part
! uerShip between nature and the farmer
| in which nature contributes light, heat,
snow, rain and vital force, on the simple
/ condition that the farmer take proper
! advantage Of them, ne must comply with
! his part of the agreement if he expects
/ 20 become successful He must plant al
| the proper time; he must pillow deep as a
/ protection against drought; he must keep
| his soil in good heart, either by manur-
/ ing or by resting, grazing and turning
under green crops; ne must keep down
/ the weeds. and thus allow al this
! substance To 90 10 his crops he must sup
! ply his COWS, mares, SONS, ewes and chick
/ ems with the requisite conditions to
healIhfuI and rapid multiplication
abundant feed, water, warmth and shei
/ ter; he must plant choice fruit-tTees
plentifully. and in favorable situations.
On his farm, which shall grow while he
sleeps. and bring forth their harvest in
/ due time; and he must learn by expert
ment and study 10 Plow, plant, cut.
prune at the best time. so as to invite
! to his crops the developing forces Of IA
/ ture al the moment Of their highest ac-
Z tivity. Let him DO these things, not for
| one wear. nor for two, only, but all the
/ tiiiltr anu " tlt patiently iSI int result
1 meantime keeping out OF debt and hav-
/ ing as little 10 do with those VINO loan
money at 10 per cent as pOSsible-aRd
/ his reward win come. Al the end Of
three years he viii BERN to perceive the
/ benefits OF the experiment; at the end
( OF five year. be viii find that tie
{ few breeding animals he began with
have multiplied five, ten and twenty
fold, and that the amount of annual
products that he has 10 sell is steadily
increasing; atthe end otten years he vii
md that the farm which was worth ten
dollars an acre has CrOWn - he worth
thirty or forty dollars per acre: that
IUdiCious cultivation and iertilizinr have