The Republican journal., 1875-08-19
VOLUME 46.
Good Farming in New Hampshire.

1ood Farming in New Hampshire.
| am what might be termed al cnthusi-
astlc farmer. | believe that farming, when
conducted with the skill economy and en-
terprise that characterize most other fields
OF industry, affords ample remuneration !;
that 1t is conducive to Il better physical
development that its lesson and surround
inoS promote a higher moral and spiritual
development than any of the numerous
ayocations of mankind; and therefore it
pays. Nine years ago last fall | purchased
the farm upon which | now reside. paving
therefor S2400-running in debt $500 on
the purchase. For about three Years pre-
vious to my purchase, the farm had been
rented, and about Il years previous to
that the owner made yearly practice Of
selling about four tons or one-half, of the
English hay, returning no equivalent there
for. He usually kept three COWS, a horse
and Il pair OF oxen most of the time. He
cut, as / am informed, about eight tons of
English hay, and about the same Of
meadow and stock hay
During the nine Years Of my ownership,
| have paid ior farm help. el9Sl, | have
purchased and ted about ll27 bushels Of
corn, at Il cost of S1069 19; II - tons Of
shorts, costing S31S; have paid out $3.50
for hay purchased $40 worth Of manure,
ashes etc, amounting in all to S392l.79.
My improvements during this period CON
sisted OF erecting new barn, ;}SXS0. with
all the modern Improvements. digging a
we'll some 20 rods away. and supplying
both house and barn with running water
putting in about 100 rods of underdrain
removing hundreds Of tons of rocks from
the fields, and bringing the land to such a
state of cultivation as to cut last year 20
tons OF hay, where cl@ht were cut before,
Wintering more than doublc the stock the
place was able to carry when purchased
it, Such an outlay would cause many
doubts and fears in the minds of timid
farmers as to the financial result. Now
for the receipts during these nine years
have sold from the dairy, besides what
was consumed by the family, (and that
not a small one) o5lS pounds of butter for
S3G41 90; calves and veal sold, S3JS A. :;
have fattcned and slaughtered 1l,Sl2
pounds of pork, worth at the time of
slaughtering, Sl2l5; pigs sold, $1S2 :;
poultry and eggs, S713.22; for apples,
'S395 potatoes, Sl41 80; for beef and NUT
ton, $50; making a total of S70o97O.
But this showing does not embrace the
expenses required in maintaining tami-
ly, and all other expenses incident to liv-
INC, lind, by footing the yearly receipts
and expenditures from all sources, that
the account stands as follows: Total re-
ceipts, Sl2.3l5.55 ; expenditures, 81 20
6S; balance OF receipts over expenses,
81 .059Sz But this is not all An inven-
tory Of the stock on the farm over what it
was nine years ago amounts TO about S42J.
But to tell the whole story in as few words
rs possible, the debt OF $500 has been
wiped out, S225 worth of land added to
the farm, all improvements above enum-
Grated, and Il little left ior 4 rainy day.
All this, let me assure you, has been made
from the Legitimate operations of the farm,
excepting about Sl1V made one season
packing pork, and about 500 in purchas-
ing cider apples to send down to Massa-
chuscttS. is not such II result sufficient to
satisfy any reasonable ambition? Can one
out OF ninety-nine in ali other callin@s
show a better record in the same length
OF time
The thousands OF deserted homestcads
throughout New Hampshire. the gradual
diminution of our rural population, and
the growth and increase of population in
our cities and villages, point Enthusiastically
to II belief that farming is not remuncl-
ative. This | unhesitatingly deny. II it
has proven unremuncrativc to such. it is
ONLY because OF bad management, indit-
ference, and a want OF proper skill and
enterprise This robbin@ the soil is what
has robbed vou. This fear of buving a
bushcl OF grain, Of feeding your beasts
with a liberal hand, of tilling your soil
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