The Republican journal., 1877-08-23
Farm, Garden and Household,
The Farming That Pays.

N'''' '''' 'itNii P'JoNl Nh ti!LoI9 Ilci
under similar conditions, that we cheer
fully reproduce it and commend it to tn,
careful attention of our readers.
This is not to discuss the general uucs-
tion whether farming pays, but to show
why some farming brings wealth anC
some does not. 1t is plain enough that
there is a great deal Of wealth in The
country that has come by labor on the
farm, and that large proportion of those
who work their farms get a comfortable
living. II is true, also, that though We
10 not see those sudden failures which Sc
often surprise men in other business.
there are many in the business of farm
Ing who fail that is, they don't succeed.
hayc known within the range of my own
observation, a good many families run
down, that had held good estates Two
principal causes are efficient in this-eX-
,rdNa4ance and Incidence. II is general
E from one OF these that The family fails.
hut they often go down 50 gradually as
iloi tp attract very marked attention.
Extravaganza works quickest, bnt in
dolrlce is aS sure. 1t is not mere laZiness
80 manual labor that brings Il man down.
'Ht y Lack ot enterprise. a quiet resting
on what he has Inherited. He does not
attempt to accumulate. and what he has
gradually wastes away.
The profit in agriculture. like the profit
u other business, depends on what they
rlIl in Wall street a margin" and a
.crl small one il is in farming, as in
nm safe and we'll established industries
When We sold wool to the Bunnes, many
.,+ +,I, Il,
,hc\ mad been making cloth without a
profit and when they found Il waste of
about It cent a pound on their wool, and
aluagcd to old that waste, their busi-
0rs~ again became successful 4 quarter
'i one per cent. received by a broker, in
Sd EuGc financial transaction, has made
Gto large fortune. And though in the
united Transactions 0t the manufacturer
agd farmer. Sn small a per cent would not
u|'i Wuch. il IS certain that the fortune
p Jhr farmer. no less than of the mer-
-uant and manufactures, is made up Of
lie small net profits OF his business. ac-
tnulafrI lay many Years Of labor and
.intunr>~. This net profit is 50 small
Iu4t 1t i, liable to he impaired hv anv
Nijng error in management, or lack OF
'c-- ANY serious defect in management.
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DoAr there Is no mistake about the profit.
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