The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-04-09
A pan OF Operations.
SUGGESTED by THE EXPERIENCE or
SUCCESSFUL FARMER.

SUCCESSfUL fAHmEHs
Occasionally we get refreshing ac-
counts of successful farming BY sensi-
bic, patient, unambitious men, who Dig |
along In quiet contentment, and IN the
course of few years. work reach re- |
suits that are the admiration, as they |
are the establishment, of more preten.
tious workers, who, with q great deal
of buster, accomplish much less. such
an account is that given by Mr.. Richard
Webster of IIaverhill, at the recent
Farmers Convention at Greenfield, con-
corning his farm experiences and oper-
atoms, an abstract of which has been
given in many of the journals of the
day. The account is plain. straight
forward, interesting statement of how
a courageous, determined farmer has
won success by the ordinary, everyday
methods. IL Is true there were some
exceptional features in Mr.. Webster's
surroundings which were turned to q
good advantage, but in the main his
plans and operations were not ont of
the usual course. lie commenced with
nothing-almost. One of his first Job;
, was to thoroughly underdrain the farms
then for ten years, according to his
, statement, he returned all the value of
the produce back TO the land. He be-
= lieves in the barn cellar, and in top
dressing for grass land, as is evinced by
the expression that he "now cuts sixty
tons of hay where Inc formerly cut but
: five" Two crops per year are grown
d. on most of his cultivated land; the
y. soil is thoroughly cultivated and hood,
and the best help is invariably hired.
'. The income from his farm, Mr.. Web
$ ster states at 80 per day, and his total
|. expenses So per day; leaving an III
:. come of 81 per day every day since he
commenced farming. lie now csti-
o mates the total value of his farm I'M
e provememcnts and buildings at $lS,-
|, $50, call of which is paid for"
+ We have analysed the statement OF
II Mr.. Wcbster's operations quite careful
l. ly TO see, If we could, upon what more
) than anything else his success depend
J. cd. And we think 1t will be found in
II connection with persistent work and
II unlaltering faith in his business, upon
IS this statement, which furnishes the key
o note OF his success: ain winter l draw
o a plan for the next years operations;
c spend no time in gFog shops, nor in
Il whining about the business Of farming
; read all / can and endeayor to select
:, the bost IDEAS" If there is on record
j; in the whole range of farm literature, q
:, better or more sensible Tcode" foi
!, practical guidance, we are unacquaint
!, cd with it; and it is not matter OF
surprise that, following this code, sue.
). cess in great measure should be the
n positive result. And just at this sea.
c son, before another week goes by, VIC
urge the Importance of this keynote
81 upon the attention OF all our young and
- would-bc successful farmers. Though
e the winter is past, the golden time fol
o reading and study for year almost
). spent, yet it is not too late to "draw q
|. plan for the years operations;" and
1t lch n plan, well considered, so fixed in
n the mind or on paper as to be laid out
upon the fields when the active work
c commences, will forward and help OF
/, the farm work to far greater extont
Y than seems possible, if any one has no,
n tried il. To work from plan is the
}. only correct way, and il is one which
;, can be applied TO farm operations as
:, well as to the erection of building, OF
:. the laying out of town. Too much o.
our farming is zigzag and shiftless ,jus
l. for want of simple, well defined plar
OF the years work as regards crops
o fields, fences, stock, and the rural econ
}, omy OF the farm, which comprehend,
e all matters Of buying of supplies, dispo
sihon of farm help and the marketing
Y of products. If any one thing more
than another nnderlics and precedc.
success in farming, it is we'll consid
ored, practical and somewhat Gvxibl,
plan of the years work, fully maturet
/ in advance, and SO arranged as to b.
g applied to fields, crops and stock, dair,
It manipulations and improvements
| Such plan every farmer should decid,
% upon now.-[N. L. Farmer.