Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-04-03


selling II at ninety. make 4 clean profit OF
over seventy per cent on the cost. Ought
not this 10 be satisfactory very much
doubt II iarmer Is not Satisfied with sew
enty per cent, whether he would be with
one hundred and seveuty-6ve.
Mr. Winchester OF Bangor, tells me he
produced this crop last year foe q cents
per bushel. A farmer In Waldo County.
some years ago, reported It as costing him
seventeen cents per bushel. But I should
say these are exceptions, and very rare
| ones too.
There Is no doubt that Maine can raise
her own corn; and, In n very large portion
OF II, cheaper than she can buy It. Since
this matter. through the influence OF farm
ers' meetings, has been pressed upon our
! terest has been awakened; and this crop IL
now being produced !, larger quantities
than ever before.
This is certainly one OF the surest and
safest crops Maine farmers can raise; and
when they become satisfied that It Is . prof
table oce, Western corn will seek another
market.
Another very Important field crop which
IL too much neglected. IL that OF wheat.
There have been some years when II has
not returned satisfactory results 10 some
localities, on account of the weevil. But
this evil weevil has now so far disappeared.
as 10 render . fair yield OF this cereal al
most certain, II sown early.
All through the unfavorabls season, |
sowed wheat. | do not slways harvest q
good yield, not always \ fair one. There
has not been year In more than thirty
past, when have not raised wheat. And,
on the whole, II stands among the foremost
of uay farm pYndursinus Vhap
good yield. there Is no more profitable
crop raised among US.
For three years past, my yield Of wheat
Was very extra. In 1876 and 1877 At q cost
of iwenty-seven dollars per acre, IL paid
me almos, one hundred aud fifty per cent.
The wheat was sold for from 81 80 TO 81 80
cents per bushei, and the straw for eight
dollars per ton. expect the net profit on
INV wheat Of last year, (ls1s) to be about
sixty per cent
Now, fdon't raise wheat simply for the
I profit there Is In IL. though this Is not OBJ
I Jectionabie. but for the purpose OF supply
ing my family with home made nour, aud
savlrg 8 cash expenditure OF seventy five
/ dollars per year.
, Brother farmers, when you are supply.
| Ing your households with bread aud meat
+ from the productions of your farms when
/ you are clothing your families from the
/ productions Of your docks: when yon are
/ paying your taxes and grocery bills, and
| pu,ting q little aside for rainy. day. and
/ benevolent purpose, without oterstepping
| your incomes; you are making your busi .
| ness profitable. ani securing to yourselves
| more solid enjoyment than any ether class
/ OF men.
| In regard to the crops have discussed /:
I trrinIinxg all he nj T.yri,ArEas e.,
/ the L. s., In the crop value OF corn per
acre, there are only three States ahead OF
US, for the year 1917. They are New
/ Hampshire. Vermont, and California; the
latter leading ps but ihlrty-,wo cents.
| In the cash value OF wheat per acre. for
| the same year. there are only four States
above us; Massachusetts, New Hampshire,
| Vernon, aud Connecticut.
| In 1877, the cash value OF an scre OF
corn ln Kansas, where they raise IL cheap
ca shaa in any other State except Nebras-
ka. was s7.G6 In Maine the same year. II
was s2s os, making a difference 10 the
value OF this crop, $50 40 per acre In fav-
/ or OF our State.
The cash value OF an acre OF wheat In
J Kansas In 1877, where IL Is produced
cheaper than In any other place In the L.
! 5. was Sll.07. ln this State the same
! year, it was s?2 40. making a difference in
this crop OF Sll s. per acre in favor OF the
| Pine Tree State.
There were only ten States In 1878. that
led us in the price of cattle; and in the
| general average. We are 7.o5 ahead on
each animal.
| Ia the same number OF States, last year,
the prices Tor sheep ruled higher than
with US but, In the general average, we
are ahead ffiy-three cents on every ami
NAL.
! With the exception OF hay. which have
| no; now time TO consider, | have present
ed four OF the most important matters con-
nected with farming industries in the
| United States. and Malice, II not at the
very head. stands among the foremost 10
| them all.
/ Now. we are led 10 Ask, why IL th. cry
still continued, Go west. young man, 20
west" Maine offers you to-day. plenty OF
work and good pay; 1t offers you lands.
snd houses and barns II offers you its soil
I productions 10 rounded bushels; il offers
4 you 10 cattle, sheep. &C. .. many as you
I can take care OF. You will have to work
for them to be sure-you will have 10 work
| for them anywhere-perhaps hard and
long but persevering industry will bring
| It's reward.
/
ness. Well. so X Is; but is farming an ex-
ception? Who ever succeeded 10 any
business, without struggling upward TO
| success: When wealth or destruction
falls 10 man; when IL comes without per-
| sonal effort, he Is certainly unqualified to
appreciate either. and will not be very
likely TO retain IL long.
1t is easy TO float down stream with the
| current; ii 10 simply inaction and enjoy
meot Tor the while-If one can enjoy idle
ness-but, sooner or later, generally soon
er, he will either be wrecked on the rocks.
or driven out TO sea.
One may 60 down stream easily enough.
and rapidly enough; but this Is not the
purpose OF life. 1t revolutionizes and dis
arranges the whole plan. He Is taking so
much from the industries Of the world, so
much from its moral greatness, so much
| than this he not only goes down stream
himself. but so far IS bis influence and ex-
ample 20, he takes others along with him.
and so is frastr ating all the good purpos-
es OF life. And, If . farmer. because his
crops do not come In abundantly without
Intelligent and continued labor and care
because bis barn stock does not thrive
without proper attention; because money
does not grow spontaneously, and dOw in
TO his hands, he grumbles because farm
ing Is an uphill business.
But the purpose Of life Ia not downward.
not stationary. but upward. Is 1t not bet
ter 20 rise than to sink Feyen II it cost a
life-stru2gle, to do ir.s Iss II not better to
be uphill, and look back on what has been
| aceoWphshcaf then it Is TO be at the bot
tom. anddoOk up aud see what you ought
TO. and, might have accomplished
In farming as In other pursuits, We are
apt to look upon the dimcuties to be
overcome, without giving credit to our
ability 70 overcome them. A young man,
without capital, 10 just starting In life Is a
farmer. He looks into the future. and
sees his prospects environed with di6ncul-
ties. which from his stand point. seem
almost insuperHble. aud 40 he feels dis
couraged af the onset. But many OF these
difficulties are only apparent; and he will
ind. ~ he struggles onward. they will
disappear, or 1t most, will be easily over.
| come.
Sometimes. when one Il out in the bay.
look which way he will. he Is apparently
inclosed BY land, with no passage out.
But ~ he moves along, . way opens, un-