The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-08-09
Successful Farming.

VI VI " mefCn1nC, Is - III Ike money.
There may be, of course, other
motives connected with this, but
undoubtedly the leading object and
incentive to action is money. This
may seem like taking low or sordid
view of the subject but if rightly
considered, it is not. The law OF
our nature that impels every III to
mako his business source of gain
IS unquestionably sound and wise,
and all that remains for Us is to
regulate our conduct in harmony
with that law.
The man who pursues farming for
any other purpose than to make it
pay Is simply an exception to gen
eral rule, and his Success or failure
| is of little consequence to the world.
But the intelligent farmer who pcr-
celves that under all the doubts and
difficulties of his vocation, there still
remains clear margin of profit, who
steadily works out his convictions to
II tangible result, and the conquer~
ors final success, proves his good
sense as well rs his capacity, and by
developing the possibilities of his
business sheds light upon it that
gives new value, not only to his
own farm, but to every farm in the
country. ..
The world never srulycs to such
u man the honest fruits Of his labor,
for his example is public heritage
beyond price. He shows that the
occupation which feeds the human
race is able to remuncrate those who
engage i'll it; that the successful
farmer, while gradually y accommodating
IN honorable independence, is help
ing to reduce the price Of bread to
the hungry. AMI this, be it ob.
served, is not n mere abstraction,
but n great agricultural fact.
The farmer, for example, who
succeeds in gettinga larger yield of
corn, from All acre, and ut Il lower
cost per bushcl than ever before,
thereby contributes to diminish the
market price, us well rs to increase
the abundance, not only Of this
cereal, but of nearly all the products
Of husbandry. If he has been ac-
cnstomcd to got thirty bushels of
corn from an acre, Mt cost Of fifty
cents per bushcl, which has been the
experience of many farmers, and if
by persistent efforts, he works out il
method that gives sixty bushels ut
forty cents, which has nlso been the
experience of some, then his net
profit, on Il market price Of seventy
cents per lushcl, is 300 per cent.
greater than before. But this is not
all. \ saving in the cost Of corn in.
dicntcs Il corresponding reduction in
the cost OF beef and pork, Of mutton
and wool, OF milk. butter and cheese,
poultry and csss.-Erch""ge.
~ TRADITION or SARATOGA LAKE.
There is IN Indian superstition at-
tached to this lake which probably
had its source in its ma.klblc lone.
illness and tranquility. The Mo-
hawks believed that It's stiffness was
sacred to the Great Spirit, and that
if a human voice uttered Il sound
upon it's waters, the canoe of the
offender would instantly sink. a
story is told of Hn English woman,
III the early days of the first settlers,
who had occasion to cross this lake
with IL party of Indians, who, be
foe ombarking, warned her most
imprcssivcly oi the spell. 1t was a
silent, brcrthlcss day, and the canoe
shot over the surface of the lake like
an arrow. About half II mile from
the shore, near the centre of the
lake, the woman, wishing to con-
vince the Indians Of the erroneous.
ness Of their suporstit ton, uttered Il
loud cry. The countcnnnccs of the
Indians fell instantly to the deepest
gloom. After a minutes p,usc.
however, they rcloublcl their exer-
tlons, and in frownins silence drove
the light bark swiftly over thc waters.
They reached the shore in safety,
and drew up the canoe, when the
woman rallied the chief on his ere
dulity. THE Great Spirit is morci
ful, answered the hcscornful Mohawk !;
she knows thtt white WON III
cannot hold her toguc - -Xu,per's
I M0guEinc.
1t is said they live longest who
have moderate ambitions. The man
who quits work and commences to
whttlc in front of a grocery store at
thcagc Of thirty is likely to whittlo
and be n blessing to his family for
fifty years.
a witness was under examination
| in Toronto court in the case Of IN
unpaid account, when the Judge
rnt the question to him, "What is
your occupation ?" The witness
did not seem to understand the
meaning of the word occupation,
and answered with "Eh 2" The
Judge asked, "What do yon do for
a living ?" "Oh," he replied, "my
wife is drcssmakcr.
Even Brownlow admits in his
Knoxville paper that "the very name