The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-02-10
10 zlake Farming Pay.

John Rusticus made the following
remarks ca How TO make farming
pay before the Freedom. Wisconsin,
Farmers Club:
You ASK ne 10 tell yoa how to
make fqrmingpay. willtell you OF
some things that viii pay, and others
that W Inn
1t all. pay to thoroughly under
stand y or business and make a bu-
sine # what you understand; ii
does lot pay to 60 into farming and
know nothing about farming.
1t viii pay 10 take and read good
newspapers. 1t viii not pay you to
whine that you can't afford to take a
paper aud that you have not time TO
read one.
1t vii pay to know something aud
use common sense in your farming
operations, but il VIII net pay to be
ignorant.
1t viii notp pay to invest all you are
worth in land and then attempt TO
farm with Do working capital; but 1t
viii pay 10 employ more labor on less
land.
1t may pay to sell wheat at 81 per
bushel; bun t viii notpay toraise 10
bushels per acre. Ii may pay TO raise
twenty, but IL sill! pay better 20 raise
thirty.
It viii pay to bay la~bor-saviug ma
chinerv and use IL; but it viii not
pay to spend more money for machiu-
cry than all The crops you raise will
sell for. Neither vii it pay TO leave
your farm machinery aad tools stand
ing in the field over winter. In 60
ing to Appleton, The other day, saw
three pl0Ws standing 10 the iurrow,
q seeder aud a sulky rake standing
in The field where last used, besides
several harrows and cultiyators.
hope that none Of them belong to
members of our club.
It pays to study the wants Of the
mar eI and praise those productions
which win find quick sale and a fair
price nearest home; at least do not
attempt 10 send bulky articles to a I
distant market. IL may pay to ship :
wool and cheese whiIeiJ viii not pay
to ship potatoes; yet with a good
home market potatoes may pay the
best.
Ii viii pay to get a name for pre-
ducing aud selling a FIRST class article 6
OF any kind; but it will not pay TO +
sell a poor Grlicle for first class. ,
1t pays 10 keep good stock; it ,
viii not pay to bay improved stock
at fancy prices and then neglect to !
to take proper care Of it-better i'm ,
prove the stock you already have.
It does not pay to 90 with a rush
from one hing TO another. II G. .
happens TO make a good thing out Of !
cabbage, don't all 20 to raising cab ,
bage the next year. If you do You
will be very apt 10 have moe cab ;
bage heads than you q dispose Of. !
1t will pay TO be thorough and ,
worEmanIike in all you undertake to I
do-to have a plan and work 60 it,
doing your work in the right way s
aud at The right time. ! saw q man ,
blowing bis corn ground last fall, but .
before be could piow be had to now !
the weed, aud grass, rake them into f,
piles and burn them. Now, although +,
that man was fulfilling the scripture, =
says The tares shall be gath /
cred in heaps aud burned. yet would =
il not have paid better If he bad en-
bal labor with the HE and
cu~ltivaior in June?
1t pays TO carry something to sell
very time you go 10 market 1t will 5
rot pay to growI aud grumble about n
lard times and the scarcity Of money b
when you have nothing to sell. a
IL does not pay TO Patronize light 1
ling-rOd perambulators, gift enter e
nor any other agents who 90 Q
travelling around the country-not
even if they trust you. I
1t viii pay to buy what You really I
tNiA III iut chuHt VI EN'R Hua va ii'- 1
ments or home comforts. 1t will not t
pay for any man, communitv OF ma {
ton tc buy more than they sell. :
II viii pay to raise Gne fruit and
vegetables, fine stock, to keep sheep,
and cows, and hogs, and fowls, and d
bees; it will pay to make your home i
pleasant and attractive, to give your /
children a chance to know something
aud be somebody; it pays to be hon {
est, to be a man; il will pay to be u 4
farmer {
But whether farming pays or does {
not pay, depends entirely on the man, I
on the material you make the farmer
Of. You cannot make a successful
or doctor, or merchant out
Of q blockhead. Neither eau YOU
make a successful farmer out Of every :
ignoramus who attempts farming ;
because be does not know enough TO
DO ANYTHING else.