The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1875-02-17
%Eea2I Farms.

That small farms arc NOR easily
nanae"d thaa large ones, and for thHt
reason are far move profitable. few vii!
dispute. Yet the mania exhibits itSclt
il the desire 10 owa ani plant largely.
We have lately read some pointed
reflections or this subject t:n:a I'll"
Nashville JAi9n UnN Americd1, which
confirm chr views, and as they arH
particularly applicable at this per;oj
iii thc history Of agriculture, we ar"
constrained to call attention to them.
As aproof that small farms properly and
iatelligcntly cultivated and managed
do pay not only in profit, but in salts
faction, It is only necessary to cite the
case of farmer in Iowa. who writes
70 the Department of Agriculture that
he is running farm Of forty acres.
with twenty under cultivation IN fruit.
vegetables and small grain, and his
income he is proud to acknowledge j.
about - 600 & year
"Thc more industry anal intellect
one ruts into an acre Of sri!, the more
money he is likely to take ont Of IT,.
His Judgment should tell hin wh't
crops will pay best il tic na:!;rJ%
within his reach, with a small Ear:a
close in hand. small taxes: and small
outgo for labor. feed, and working
stock. There is both art and good
sense in keeping down expenses on
the farm. and in other branches CT
business.
"Succcss in tillage and husbandry
depends on the capacity of the human
brain, rather than on the size Of unc $
plantation. One family, BY skill.
industry and economy, becomes rich.
by cultivating twenty acres only. while
another family grows poor by the bad
management Of ,, 600 under the plow.
1t is not the pursuit, but til" man,
that Is failure. The far.:itr often
sraspS more acres than he caa handle
to the best advantage, and all arc
more Or less sighted at certain tines
and seasons to the injury Of lis cash
income. Labor is misdircctcd, ora:s-
lectcl till out of season, when vitality
in seeds and cultivated plants does no
good. On small farm every blow
may be struck at the proper moneu'
"t.yery person has but 4 limited
quantity or force, physical and 'o@"tH!:
aud !; is the most conlmoa Of ajI u!!s-
takes to dilute and spread this force
over toe large surface. i is n2t
tic diffusion Of muscular strength.
but its concentration that bort5 art
sian wells, and draws = fYurtain ui
living water from the strata Ct rock
hundreds Of feet iii thickness - til"
:nrface for the Use oiuneGucatcd la;,n.
!jitfliS.l iab,: on = lar"a farm IS ii@e
the scattered rays Of light III tic Inter
stellar spaces before the telescope col
lrcts Them together. and thereby vN-
tcnds hunan vision a"d knov,c'iy" ~
millions Of suns and To;..,,. before un-
known.
"Thc crItiv%tor of the Garth a@"'2;
time and opportunity for pro:;tabie
study. How shall he command >Hch
an advantage? Not, surely, by hc!t-
ing more land than he uses with any
benefit to his family, or to '.1a"kind at
large. The democratic doctrine oi
seeking "the greatest good Of the
greatest numbcr.'' fnrbids all land
monopoly. Sevcnty-fvc men are said
to own onc-half Of the soil Of Scotland.
Such a state Of society cannot last
many centuries in the future. Live
and let live is principle good lor ali
tine.