The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-11-13
A Safe Business.

A MAN OF lnulslIy VA" SN
Judgment, under favorable circilm-
stances. will make himself comfortable
home and accumulate a competence on
the farm. His industry will cause the
acres to bud and blossom, and his judgy.
ment will keep him ous Of the risky side
enterprises and from getting head over
heals in debt. The curse OF any man or
Of anv business is debt. and outside
speculation usually leads the farmer into
Il. As a rule, it is best to stick to one
business. With few exceptions, the
man who gets too many irons in the lire
will get some of the irons burned, and
will be very lucky if he does not get
some of his fingers badly scorched. SO
almost universal is the operation OF TINS
rule that the world is accustomed to
wait patiently for the downfall Of any
man with two or three kinds of business
on hand, and if such . man happens to
get through all right, instead Of getting
,, credit for being = legitimate exception
.. he ia turned off with . simple exclana.
I ton. What lucky fellow! Successful
farming requires all the force and IN
. cenuity Of one brain. Slipshod farming
!. win conduct itself, but not so good farm.
ing. Anybody can plant and SOW, ana
), ANYBODY can gather what grows. But
: not everybody can do either as it ought
to be done. Farming is . complicated
= - science-the grand aggregate Of all sci,
y ences-and it requires hard study and
). close attention. =,
:. Entertaining the now pretty generally
!" exploded idea that anybody can farm,
y or That the farm will take care Of itself,
y MANY a farmer has tried to live on the
: farm, and devote the most, or, to &C
reasonable in expression, a part OF bis
time to other callings. In ninety.nine
cases out of hundred disaster has re-
a. suited. and both farm and outside bust
IN ness have been smashed and in view o.
q, q what the past has shown in this particu
~ lar. the best advice that can beglven Ist'
4 stick to the farm if you have one, or t
II. let the farm alone if you are determines
n. to enter upon or continue in some othe
is business. ,,
=. The risks in farming, as alread
ID stated. are comparatively few. Their
his is no danger Of ruin arising from comRe
le. tition; there is none arising from u, IN
". treachery of business associates. In
II. farm. under ordinary circumstances
81 sure to furnish enough to make the fan
"a lie comfortable, and extraordinary eli
MT cnmstances, which are Of a providenti:
on. character always, are not very apt
or. exist. The farmer Is engaged in IL
ost production of articles which the publ
vt. must have. Il makes no different
She what else the people do without, tn
der must have bread. They can wear the
snd old clothes. but they must have ne
Civ. flour. and while q depression OF t
d . times may limit the demand, 1t can n
aow wholly destroy it. Thus - tne 1arm
zen. engaged in business when Is alwa
his actiye. If other kinds Of business
,on- flourishing, agriculture must DC on
,en. yerv topmost round; ifother kinds of b
ron. mess ara depressed, agriculture M
ton still be on round . n''lo suoV0
rds: other business.
q. In mercantile OF purely specula.
len business, there Is no certainty OF al
con, for q week, and scarcely Tor an no
nee. Financial panics may come and swall
.ted. mn values until the merchant IL ruiz
Rsr. and the Spectator stranded; comp
ton may bankrupt one, ten, or SEQ
of merchants. But II news snould co
ONE that . farmer who had tor years D
tents srt;reIv free from debt, and had b
ed it ra;s;nG GOOD crops al the time,
feet, GONE INTO bankruptcy, it would aston
less every one, except that they would v. l!1:
nded count for il upon the grounds Of out
Dpth. snecnlation. Farming is . pretty
hick- hns;neas. and If it can be relieves
'hich some Of the unjust burdens that
pressing it down the farmer can ~
s to be content. Wester's kNSM.
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