The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1882-08-12


The Intellfgencer has had more or
less to say on this subject at one time
and another during recent years,
hased mostly on conversations with
practical tillers of the soil, or with
those who had such an experience in
farm life as warrented them in Civ
ing an opinion on the subject We
haxe not held ont the idea that large
fortunes were to be made in this way,
save in exceptional caaes, but rather
that on small amount Of capital,
judiciously invested in land, better
living was to be made with less risk
than in most other callings. True,
the work is often hard, but the anx
iety, and the wear and tear IN other
respects, are not what they are in
more active competitive pursuits.
The Farmers Home Jo,irnal, of
Kentucky, gives recent account of
ANNE very pyfrQnrdlu0 ry eupaQceQe N
~. ,,;a;n;.., orTa.,;a.,;,,, ~
'n' '.'n.y - Hu'' '' ''' 20 'ii ''l' way
of agricultural tillage. We quote as
follows. - kee3k1 ~
We rejoice that the farmers of Ken
lucky have been blessed this season
with larger crops than ever grown be-
fore, and will realize for them prices
so high that they win give a clear
income largely in excess of all form
err wears. indeed. we fully expect
that Kentuckey will be the most pros
porous State in the Union. and that
the surplus income from farm pro.
ducts this fear wall exceed 500. 0OO.-
600. This great fiow If money into
their pockets win give them a CON
, siderable surplus for investment. and
there will be LARGE purchases offarms
and city property made. and no doubt
a very marked advance in prices.
/ Already the ea6erness, to invest ia
apparent. as we have heard of several
tracts of land in this city having
been bought lately at. higher prices.
and one farmer has during the last
few DAVIS been hooking for busi-
ness house for sale on Main street
Louisville. MS he has $40 600 to in
vest tfBs
A German gardener beyond the
Aims house bought some land last
year at $3.50 per acre. This year he
put it ali in potatoes, which cleared
him 5000 per acre. lie paid for the
land. and BOUGHT for cash as much
more land at $40 Der acre. and has
now a big farm ali paid for out of
one years crop. Probably the lar6-
est farmer in Kentacky is Col Rich
ard Waters, of Oldham county. who
cultivates over four thousand acres
ofland in Oldham. Henry and Shelby
counties; and some of his neiphbors
have been estimating his income
: from this seasons crops. and figure
out for him clear profit of $4,000.
This sum is quite a moderate esti-
mate as we learn that DR., Standi-
'u.t' s mn1 10, = E rear ago gave so1,ooo
dred acres eioht miles from louis.
willie, has sold this season his crop of
potatoes from sixty-five acres only
Tor $io'ooo; and IL is fully expected
; :nas "o W.. W., nun oee VII, 11,ovv e'eal
twenty five per cent dividend on his
investment. No stock or bonds can
pay such a profit at this, and, what
Is more tnese farming lands are the
tsev cannot he destro1aa Nv p tro ~
mob violence or even an eartbouake
In conversation with Dr. Standi-
! ford last winter he said that in the.
8 prrcnase o. Tue Euen Iarm' tne Kuao
spesr 7 o,,;sr;lla ba ,ons;,,araa th.t
ina series of years thew would nav
him larger profits than he could OBJ
tain from any other investment he
coulu MAKE kew WIN l.i MS money. t
Ahe po'nt, IN part which we w'sn
y nake OF 'n's IS 70 snow tnas a
NOME na'As'' - = great iacsor ~ a
'stne. : pfospef'.y. IN the raising
80 ter'snaole proeucss' such a. veg
nj uon &c &Ivv