Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-06
EARNING is q Safe Business.
Cincinnati Commercial.

W0AeevbSs
Cincinnati Commercial.
Among merchants and mechanics
we often hear it said, "Well, farmi ng |
is safe business" as if it was PEE
culiarly blessed in that respect.
Well, that saying is another illus
tration of mans ignorance outside of |
his calling.
The merchant, filled with anxiety
because of slow sales and fast matur-l
ing notes, thinks of the farmer as plod-
ding along after his pillow, raising his
own bread and meat, and no notes to
meet. The tradesman thinks the
farmer has no rent to pay, no fuel
and material accounts to settle, and |
at once he concludes the farmer is |
the man of easy circumstances and
free from care. Poor ignorant souls,
if they only knew that every grain
of wheat cost the farmer a struggle
against colds and storms of wind.
showers Of grasshoppers or raids of
army worn and Hessian fly, and
every potato is the victory of holly
fought battle with potato bugs and
blister beetles, and against the ex-
cess or scantiness of the showers,
and every apple marks the slaughter
of tent caterp!llars with gunpowder
or soft soap, and the codling moth
with bands and scrapers, and watch.
ings and fightings by day and by
night, by food and by fire, against
the fifteen hundred foes to the apple
that have sprung up into antagon ism
with man.
Since the day the devil got Mother
Eve to taste the fruit, there would
be no man to envy the farmer. Eve
found the apple was good thing
in family, and We have had to fight
for it ever since. 7 Though the farm
er's table may be beautifully sup
piled with an abundance of meats,
vegetables and fruits, all the pro-
ducts of his own watchfulness and
toll, yet they have been hardly earn
cd.
The day has passed when man may
tickle the earth and she roll off bel
! wealth for him. Our fathers passed
up and down these rich valleys an6
: took the cream and the game, anG
, We must dig deeper that we may live
9 AS long as we labor, and the Law
holds that by the sweat of his face
man may eat his bread, we farmers
hope to sweat on; and it is safe
thing to sweat, and We conclude tina,
herein is the safety of the business
= Now, this is the worst that can b
d said of the farmers lot. These in
v creased difficulties tend to higher ex
n ertion. He must study the wants o
q farm, and orchard and garden; b
a must know their enemies, and hop
n to destroy them. He must learn no,
# to manipulate the soil and feed it
IS that it may repay we'll his labor
When we reflect and comprehend th
re- host of insect enemies, and untol
le dangers of fungus, and nameless an
v invisible enemies that await ever
At crop of the husbandman, and whe
is we see how quickly his crops, b
III forests and his buildings disappes
n before the storms, and comprehen
"a all the dangers and risks that atten
nv his crops and his herds and flock,
r. is wonderful that, in spite of all thes
is men shall say, farming is safe bus
he ness.
La The fact remains, farming, we
ar and wisely conducted, is safe bu:
q ness. The day has come when, wi
deteriorated soil and increasil
|1v risks Incidental 10 more changeab
NJ climate, the farmer must be more il
m telljgent and vigilant to hold his ow
40 The great majority Of our Am rlc
~ farmers are doing more than holdi
ae' their own. They are gaining veal
he and improving their homes and ed
Dn eating their families. TIE farm
or who is doing all this is not retrogl
he ding, but making real progress.
he the farmer who is proving by his o'
To- experience that farming IS a "a
g. business, we extend wishes for q Ha
~ py New Year, believing that he
,s+ able to make the year happy O
~, ,9 for himself and family. Farming c.
Ia be made safe business by the m
no of energy and industry, who is Diet.
,oi mined to master the many difficult
no. that meet him.
&c Ignorant laundering and que
" work will 10 longer insure success
farming. We wish Happy N
Year to the man or boy who is Diet
We mined to know more of the science
Tue farming. Safety and highest succe
Is must come from a better knowled
Axe of the business, and this may Co
Ola only by study.
When inquiry begins there "
be sought the help found in boo
and papers. Of these there are
gions. Make your own selectio
i and may they help you to make t
b he the Happy New Year-and u
ing calling the safest and best.
ant.
Designing Villatny.
o." When YOU 90 to your drug glst