The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-11-21

WHAT SALARY DOES A FARMER RE.
CGlVE. lie receives the equivalent Of a
larger salary than ninety-nino out Of a
hundred Of them are willing 10 admit.
They underestimate their own profits,
and Over-cstimate the profits Of men
llVingon Il salary,
There i. II great difference among
those who live by farming, A great
many work the soil because they do not
know what else to do, or because they
cannot live by anything else Many OF
this class hardly deserve TO be clas.ed as
farmers. They lower the standing Of
Iarmir & as business. | believe there il
no business by which a man can live 10
well with 80 much neglect, IN in agTicul-
ture, Still nothing better repays good
care and ability. II is rather slow to
yield brilliant returns at the outset 80
is any business The farmers profits
are concealed in The rise Of land in i'm.
prOvemcnLs by ditchug, clearing, new
building, more land, more tools, or bet
ter stock, Most farmers have no idea
how much ii costs them to live. They
forget 10 figure in the pork, poultry,
mutton, butter, -four, vegetables etc =,
etc, The salary man lives entirely by
his individual Efforts, In estimating a
salary, we must do 10 by looking at the
privileges enjoyed, the hard work Of
brain and muscles and the gain pro,
pcrLy or improvements.
Am personally acquainted with two
brothers in Michigan, who started out
on an equality about twenty years ago
One OF them, after good education,
went ID farming, the other 10 teaching.
They had only n lew hundred dollars to
start with. The one who followed teach.
ing for the last six years has received
annually from two thousand 10 two thou
sand seven hundred dollars, Cno third
Of this amount would be called large
salary by nine.tenthI Of our farm ~,
who can save AZ much each year as does
the teacher referred TO- The farmer Of
the two brothers under consideration,
owns and works II small place Of seventy
Or eighty acres, which he il steadily inn
proving. lie has good buildings, lie
owns a small cheese factory. He il out
OF debt, He has lately bought fifty aGrUs
moro OF land worth $4,000, and from
previous experience he is certain he can
save $500 year above all expenses, tn
apply ~ payment on hisreccnL purchase,
lie IL easily keeping up with the teacher
in aCClmuIating wealth. lie works no
harder. The natural tact OF the two
men for work and business wa4nOtmuch
different while they worked together on
the old homestead. The farmer in ques-
ton IL not an Old iogy in ANY sense Of the
word. He il all the time looking Tor
now and better implements, but he il
very cautious about buying any OF them
HntiI no has seen them tried, a"d knows
that h0 Gun make good uao Ofthcm. He
does not make costly experiments, but
he i4cyrry year frying some new vega
tables, Or grams or gra'sci. He ii inn
proving hls stock by como purchases, and
by " .aural selection" He vast no
money IA rushing from one department
of tanning 70 another. lie kceps cows,
raises a)me hogs, little wheat, some
corn, hay and grass, some fruit and poul-
try, In no sGn'e Of the word can he b.
said to have made money by buying low
and selling high. lie is not trader.
lie has no tact in making his money by
good bargains What he has earned has
come by legitimate farming. SJmo
would call him little conservative. He
Is very cautious, saving, industrious but
he dresses well and lives WE'LL Prof
Beal in Il iral New Yorker.