, 1878-03-23
DI,ExsIrIEO NDTsTRY.

Diversified INDIsTRi.
Vow that our country is being settled
W. by industrious farmers-men who
come here to make homes-it IS well that
they should start in right. To commence
with. the farmer should, as far rs in hIm
hes. produce what is Necessary to his own
sustenance, and that which is to DC coE-
srmed ON his own farm Even when tlr:.
product costs as much as Il II is purchased
in market, lie will find 1t economy IN thus
doing We are aware that specia!ties IN
uruduction reduce the cost of that pro
duct. but there is the rlsa If a market !;
and if the NAN reliance IS resting here, a
loss is seriously felt. If instead of the
single crop, the energies are divided
among several, there Will be some which
Will pay a profit, if marketed, or if con-
srmled on the farm thus much IS actually
saved and added to the income ; at all
events we have something OF our own to
sustain life, instead of going to market
with al empty purse.
In everyday life we find that If one
man in a community makes little more
money than his neichbor, By pursuing
Iertimate business, or q specially, his
ucighbor's fingers itch till he has tried
something Of the samc sort; and thus 1t
Is till whole community Of farmers are
pursuing the same specially, or make that
leading product. Sometimes this results
In success for term OF years, but even
tually there is change and failure results.
Often individuals lose all the savings Of q
lifetime before they are willing to change
We could name many small farmers who
have made specialtics their dependence
and who have within few years become
bankrupt. Others in :he same neighbor
hood have produced more diversified crops,
and have gradually added to their posses
sions till now they can live at their ease.
When first starting, each had an even
chance, so far as capital was concerned
Could We be always assured of favorable
seasons, constant markets, aud ordinary III
fiuences, spccialtics in farming might answer
as well rs any; but even In the best OF sea-
sons untimely frosts will come, insects will
1erel in the fields let the prospects OF the
farmer be ever SO good, he is liable to ills on
every side When such fatalities meet our
expectations, how serious the consequences
Having entrusted our hopes III the keeping
OF one fraii bark, when that, strands or goes
down, our expectations 90 down With 1t.
Steady, small profits are better and more
sure OF giving acompetency, IL the long run,
than large, uncertain ones. Better then Is
it for small farmers certainly, TO divide
their energies among such products as tie
farms are adapted for. Although any one
particular product may only give small
profit, the aggregate ills the pocket The
moderate showers of rain are beneficial,
while those which come i'll torrents are often
productive of damage.
During residence OF over nineteen years
this side of the mountains, We have noticed
that those farmers were most successful who
diversified their industry-raised wheat, and
oats, and barley; gave their attention to
dairying, and raised hogs to consume the
waste about the farm. a man OF this class
always has something to sell, and if he miss
es it on one article, hits it on another. The
Pennsylvania farmers are possibly the best
to-do men OF their class IL the world, and
this IS the plan upon which they have oper-
ated. They cultivate ali the cereals, and
then raise horses and cows, hogs and sheep,
and one year with another find their farms
selfsustaining, and usually at an early age
are in good circumstances. We would have
the settlers in this valley start ont on this
plan, and fn few years they are quite sure
to be independent