Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-09-24
AGRICGLTglsAL.

PROFITABLE FARMING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
An example of what one New Hampshire
farmer is doing. is contained in the follow
ing letter from j. ". COnnor of Hopkinton,
n Il, which appears in the agricultural
department of the New York Tribune. Mr..
! Connor says;
am what might be termed an enthusiastic
armer. | believe that farming. when con-
Quoted with skill, economy and enterprise
that characterIZes most ether fields of in
dustry, affords ample remuneration that
II Is conducive to a better physical develop
ment ; shat its lessons and surroundings
promote higher moral and spiritual devel-
upient than any Of the numerous svocs-
ti0ns oil MANKIND and. therefore. Ii PAYS
Nine years ago last fall | purchased the farm
upon which | now reside. paying therefor
81. .400-rlnning in debt $500 on the pur-
chase. For about three Years previous TO
my purchase, the farm had been reated and
tor about seventeen years previous TO that.
the owner made regular practice of sell
ing about iour tons, or o.4e-halt Of the Eng
ilsh hay. returning no equivalent therefor.
lie usually kept three COWS, horse and
pair Of oxen most o. tne time. lie cut. as
am informed. about eight tons of En- glish
hay, and aaOut the same OF meadow and
stock hay.
During the nine years of my ownership.
| have paid for farm help 81 ,954 | have
purchased and led about one thousand one
hundred and twenty-Seyen bushels of corn,
at cost of 81 069 70; twelve and one-hslf
tons of shorts, costing S375 have paid out
$3.50 for hay purchased $40 worth of
manure. ashes. etc, amounting IN all TO
So. 3.92l-79. My Improvements during this
period consisted of erecting a ne@ barn.
thrty-eight Dy eighty. with ali the modern
improvements, digging well some seventy
rods away, and supplying bo;h house and
barn with running water. putting IN about
one hundred rods OF ander-frain. removing
hundreds OF tons Of rocks from the fields,
and bringing the land To such state Of cul-
tyGtiOn u 10 cut last year twenty tons OF
hay, where ei2nt were cut before, wiutering
more than double the stock the place was
abic 10 carry when purchased it. Such an
outlay wodld cause many doubts aud fears
IN the minds o! tiD,il farmers a 20 the imam
eial result. Now '1r the receipts. Daring
these nine years | Alvc sold from the dairy.
besides what was consumed by the family.
land that not a small one). eight thousand
hse hundred and eighteen pounds ot butter.
for So 6i5 56 calves and veal sold S33S 20;
have fartened and siaGg hte1ed eleven thou
sand eight hundred aod twelve pounds OF
pork, worth at the time Of siaughtering.
Sl.2l5; pigs scld, Sls2 poultry and eggs.
S1l3.22; for apples, $3.50; potatoes. Sl47.-
80 for beef and mutton. Ss50 /; making a
total of 81 .0s9 20.
But this showing does not Embrace
the expenses required IN maintaining
family, and all other expenses incident to
living. find by footing the yearly receipts
and expenditures IRON all sO1rces, thst the
account stands as follows: Total receipts.
Sl2 ,3l5 50 expenditures, Sll ,2756
balance oi receipts over expenses, 81 ,o39.-
81. But this is not all. An inventory Of
the stock on the farm over what il was nine
years ago, amounts TO about S425. But to
tell the whole story in - lew .ords as pos
si5le, the debt of $500 has been wiped out.
S225 worth of land added u the farm. all
tie improvements above enumerated. and
a li,tle lett for rai8y day. All tnls, let
me assure you, has been made from the
legitimate Operations OF the farm, excepting
about $50 made one season packing pork.
and about 500 IN purchasing cider apples
to send 10 Massachusetts,. Il not sucn a re-
suit sufficient to satisfy any reasonable
ambition? Can one out of ninety-nine in
all other calhngs show a better rec
ord in the same length OF time?
The thousands of deserted homesreads
throughout New Hampshire, the gradual
iiminution OF our rural population, and
the growth and increase OF population IN
our cities and villages, point unmistskably
to believe that farming is not remunera-
tive This unhssitatingly deny. II it mas
proven unrerouneratiTe 10 such, it Is only
because Of bad management. indifference,
and want OF proper skill and enterprise.
This robbipg the soil is what has robbed
you The lear o! buying busnel of gram,
Of feeding your beasts with liberal hand.
os :illing your soil and draining 1t. with
true appreciation OF lis wants, Is what has
wrought ruin in our midst. Brother iarm-
ers, be assured that. with proper manage
ment, farming pays. Ii Days IN doiisrs and
cents. 1t pays in that 1t promotes the de-
yelopment of nobler manhood. IL resrs
and establishes a home surrounded oy
moral and pure atmosphere. lt brings
man into nearer relation 30 nature, with
her ten thousand inspiring lessons. sacn
as the millions who throng the crowded
avenues of cities can never know