Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-09-03
M0ney.Making Men and We
fmen.

Merchants ana manufacturers who
have made morey and become veal
thy have done so by having somee
thing good to sell and by continuing
to sell such articles as will give salts
faction Farmers can make money by
adopting the same rule Of always hav'
ing something good to sell and by SELL
ing such things as will please the pur-
chaser. The same necessity exists
that a farmer should understand his
business as that a merchant should
understand his, and there is a very
little chance for a farmer to make
money who has to employ others to
buy and sell for him and who has, all
the time, to be asking advice OF neigh
bors How would it look for man :
ufacturer to be obliged to find ont
through others what to make, or for a
merchant TO seek counsel of other mer-
chants.
A genuinely clever, business'like
merchant ascertains what suits his GUS
toners, and procures those styles OF
ooods:and so it Is with money-mak
inp farmer-he studies the state OF
the market and finds what kind of ans
imals sell for the most money, when
everything has been reckoned up and
the cost Of food and attendance has
been deducted; aud as some kinds OF
farming stock require but little atten-
dance, and yet sell at a high figure
that is the sort any shrewd wlde-
awake farmer will breed. Nova mer-
chant or q store-keeper should always
deal in such goods as will not be lett
on his hands as so much dead stock
There are, however, some who every
year have such quantity unsold that
at last the things have to be marked
down to such low figure that the
loss incurred on them is serious; and
if readers of this will mentally cast
their eyes around, they will readily see
men who, In agriculture, are making
the same mistake, for they have on
their farms every year some kind Of
stock which cannot be sold at price
high enough to pay for cost OF prodr'
cling it Like the store-keeper who has
gained by portion oihis stock and
lost all the profits on account Of his
unstable wares, so these farmers, by
keeping on hand Inferior animals,
which have to be sold at a loss more
than was gained by the best sales.
Good Judgment is lacking in such
cases, not only in buying ard keep
inc second and third rate stock, but
in the management of it. Nothing
can be more absurd than for man to
buy up or breed a low-prlced set OF
animals, and think because they are
IN his hands they will be worth more
than in another lnau's 1t is perfectly
ridiculous for any man to suppose his
name alone will be sufficient to en-
hance the worth of what he has TO
sell; for his name, or any one $, is OF no
use till he has distinguished himself
by proving his judgment 10 possessing
choice animals.
In all cases where man or woman
makes money, a uniformity good sys-
TEN adhered to; for there never was
any money made, and never will be,
by any one who is all the while chang
ing his stock, and having first one
and then another man in charge OF
different parts of his business. Agrl-
culture requires system, and it will not
do to be hot one day and cold another
about anything. To use a common,
homely expression-tarming cannot
succeed when there is any "foollng
about it. There must be a good sys-
TEN decided Oh, and then " stuck to,
under all common circumstances to
secure success in farming as well as III
all other kinds of business. q. u.