The patron of husbandry., 1880-06-26
An English COmplimeDt,..

We take the following extract :
a paper read by Edward Kerscv r l''a
er on "Foreign CompetitoDr t,' esp
the Ixworth Farmers Club, f,.n 'sler' %
Bury and Suffolk Standard of 0s
2Oth: Apn4
Now it is not the actual busiDe..
farming that makes the Amer;oo' a
mer after given time well.to-do -, ,'''
it is great frugalty; and the ino,a
value that his land by degrees GET
force of emigration as the admit n y
latlon increases. In country n, r.
America, with so great an arc,
must its land increase in value up h
point. Land that TODAY mo-,
considered on the frontier of eivir,,
tion, and can be bought for 81 Ok
acre, may in ten years be interested h.
railroads, and be within an easy ri5.
large town, and be worth $40 an ar.
The frugal maner in which circuus,,.
ces allow this farmer to live favor HIM
immensely: he has no show to nal.
or false appearances to keep up; if bs
takes his gun ont it is to bring b,u
something for the pot; if be goes ont .. |
horseback it is to herd his cattle .,I
his carriage is his wagon, with snr;n.
seat fitted into it to sit on: he has :
heavy school, milliners, dress-make,,
or tailors' bills to pay, and in very mann
instances no wages to pay, as be and
his family do all the work upon fl.
farm. Should he require hired helm
they generally live in the same bm,.
with him; and he takes good care tb,,
they turn out early enough In the mn,
ming, which means a little after dar
4 light. and they work till it Is dark
Well, you see, the farmer being Ete
F eI-e than seller. he does not find !,
necessary 10 attend two or three mar.
{ kets a week. and absent himself frn
business: and perhaps he is not avav
from home half-dozen times in wear
all told, unless on a Sunday, when he
visits the nearest church if he fees
Ike it. 4 competitor like this, who
Is always in the collar, and SPENDS
I little or no money, must be difficult
man to compete with. | know the
great cry Is, at what price can Amer
can produce, wheat, beef, &c, be sod
at profit. | am anxiously looking
forward to Mr.. Clare Sewell Reeds
report, though, TO be candid with you.
l, unlike my Lord Beaconsfeld, have
very little faith in any good that viii
accrue from a hurried visit to a large
country to get reliable data. Ny g,
| perience of the Yankees Is that thg
show you what they want You to see,
particularly when YOU are ADVERTISED
to come, as they have time to get ready
for you; and if YOU would see the othI
side of the picture you must spend some
while there, and peep at it when they
are not looking. hardly think that
if figures could be determined upOnnR
which showed what the American far
mer should get for his produce to maxi
his business look like a profitable one
that they would be safe figures to maxi
calculation on in hiring or purchasint
land in England to-day. So long a
the productive power is so much nor
than the consumptive power of a cou
try, and there are settlers to be fom
who are prepared to cultivate the so
at all risks; the surplus products Of tn
country must find their way to the gol
market, if their salable value will pa
their travelling expenses. You wi
gather from what / have said of Anne
lea | consider her to be very haT
nut to crack; and not only have tE
farmers of England to apprehen
danger from her, but our manufacture
on all the markets they sell on mus
The American is very thorough in b
business; he makes a point of known
his business; sees no shame in acknOw
edging he is in trade; harbors no ok
fashioned notions before determine
there are no better modern ones ina
the machinery he makes use of the Il
provments are introduced, and he /
take him all round in business, "a goo
'un to follow, bad 'un to beat"