The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-01-08
FARMERS COLUMN.

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From the .facricun Agricuituist for Jan. /.
suggostIC ms OF ANA for the season.
Farmers, Gardeners, Stock -raisers, Fruit
Growers and Dairymen, are no less manu-.
facturcrs" than are the makers of CLOTH and
Of "a thousand other products resulting from
the application of labor and skill TO, raw
materials. By mechanically preparing the
soil, sowing seed, cialtiyatng and gathering,
we obtain grain, hay, cotton, grass, roots;
Vegetables, frNits aud flowers, from the raw
m teras in the soil aud the elements sup
li,ed by air anil waterAaidcd by the suns
beat and light. From the grass, hay, grain
aud rocts we manufacture meats and dairy
pr,luctsy using animals as the machines.
Arer obtaining the perfected results, the
producers become merchants or traders when
exchanging the surplus, not needed in home
consumption, for money or other articles.
Dealers, shippers, tvansporters, exporters
and importers, increase the value of raw or
manufactured materials by taking then
from the l,ces where they are less wanted
TO those where thew are more wanted
In brief, all the above classes are occupied
in producing articles of value from those of
no intrinsic value, as grain from mold of the
soil; or in increasing the value of articles by
change of form or change of location, And
all are equally pursuing praseworthy oc-
.u,eiion. and thew and Their work are nike
honorable. if thew are equally honest and in
eustrious An the talk. or thoughts harbored
.bo,d the occunoiion of q mercbant or
manufacturer. or importer, being higher or
more honorable or even more desirable than
that of a farmer. are fallacious and mislead
ipr. The glare and glamour arising from
the fact that now and then merchant. not
ore in thonsand. secures large wealth
bv n favorable combination ofcircumslances
aud bv extensive onerations. should NOT
Blind us to the fact that. in nronortion to
the Numbers en- go0ed hundred times more
farmers Than merchants advance to indie.
nerdenco If not to oraat voaItb NINETY.
fve ont of everv bnndrod who ontor rror
n ,norca,,ilA lica fan .or do ro,r;,o oh.ro
the cor,iilio,. of drud gins orn,o,oo. with .
b,rs subsistence not ono whit b.ttor thon is
enoved bv tlo lowest farm Iaborar whilo
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