Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1875-05-15

and frequently make q dinner Of
sliced apples and bread. Thee is no
fruit cooked in as many different
ways in our country as apples nor
is there any fruit whose value, as an
article Of nutriment, is as great, and
So little appreciated.-IIater cure
journal.
FARMING As \ BUSINESS.
4 writer in the JOuraGl 0f he
Farm saws: 1T has been a matter
Of surprise, sometimes, to farmers,
and to others, to see business men
from the cities, with no practical
acquaintance with agriculture, 20 in
to the country, purchase farms, and
manage them proitably, while ca
pcrienced farmers about them failed
iamentably, and yet it is not un-
frequently the case The reason is
attributable to the adoption in farm
management Of the same business
principles which achieved success in
the city,
There are thousands who 90 from
town and city life to the farm who do
not make it pay, to where there Is one
who does. Their failure, however, is
largely due to the lack of that prac-
teal personal experience in farming
operations, without which success,
if attainablc at ALL is the result of
accident When they live on the
farm long enough TO acquire this sort
of experience, many of them become
the most successful and thrifty of
farmers. Undoubtedly a thorough
business training is of great advant.
age, and given the necessary expert
ence and personal observation, it
enables these new farmers TO turn to
account many things that would
entirel V escape tine observation, per-
haps, of older hands at the business.
They are accustomed 10 look at everv-
thing from purely business stand
point, and to estimate matters in view
of the profits which they promise or
secure. They not only ask themselves
the question as to whether a profit is
probable from given operation, but
also how much profit, and where it is
made. They arc not content to know
that if given crop is raised on the
farm, and fed to cattle, hogs, or sheep,
that sum will be realized sufficient
to pay profit, but they will endeavor
to find whether the profit is made from
raising the crop or feeding it, and
whether larger profit could not have
been secured by feeding it to some
other kind Of stock
These are the inquiries which the
general farmers, who have had no
business training outside of the farm
are too apt to neglect, but which they
can solve just as well as any one else,
if they will only take the trouble to
do so.
From the nature of his business the
farmer is prevented from trying those
expert uents, or engaging in those
ventures, which are SO conspicuous
a feature of the management of al
most all other avOcations, and he is
reluctant to leave the well-trOdden
road which the aggregate experience
and observation of ,he great farming
community has marked out. This
conservatism l. currcct-WilhOut ii,
continued success on the farm would
be- impossible But it should not be
carried too iar-hecause the farmer
feels he cannot leave the plain road,
he should not be content TO run in
''rnt." Our fathers and grand fathers
were wise in their day. but they
knew nothing of the rcaping machine
! and many other Implements, which
the most conservative farmers of this
generation understand very well are
to their advantage. And so it may
be with other things, and no one
should refuse to look at thing simply
because it is Rew, CT adhere to a
practice simply because it is old. Keep
close to the line of safety, should be
the maxim of all, but at the same
time, seek carefully for new methods
of farm management which promise
an Improvement upon the old. This
can be done in moderate sort of way,
which will not interrupt to any degree
the previous farm management, or
Involve any considerable expense in
case of failure National Ltce Stock
journal
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