Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-04-27

the mental Discipline and tact Of tbo
town on to the farm, and work with 80
much faith in the field IS the one did
in the shop or counting room. Their
skill, trained in other schools, tells in
the field. The shoemaker turns his az
tention from taps t. tap roots. and
turns out such crops of beets, carrots
and turnlps as are the envy of tho
neighborhood. The lawyer pleads his
case with the soil, and wins such yer.
diets as he never obtained from iuries
The physician medicates the barren
field, and into it such health and
productiveness that all the old fogies
wonder what sort of manure the doc
tor uses. The minister tills his g]ehe
with so much skill that he brings both
the butcher and grocer in debt to him
at the close of the year. The banker
runs farm as skillfully as bank, and
makes it pay surer dividends.
1t is not necessary that man should
live upon his farm, in order to make it
pay. 1t is desirable that it should be
near his residence, that he should see
it every week, and lay out the work
for the foreman. But very good farm
ing is done even without this, if man
will give mis- attention to it. Washing
ton planned his farm crops and rota-
tons with his campaigns in the fields
of war. during the dark days of the
reUplution. Webster, at Washington,
dictated the plan, and most of the de-
tails OF his farming, at Marshfield, and
that was certainly quite respectable.
Professional men in villages and cities
often have farms in the suburbs tina.
they cultivate with great satisfaction
and profit. Sometimes the foreman is
partner in the business, and takes the
farm at halves, furnishing half the
stock, seeds, etc, and taking half the
crops. But this does not always work
well. If the land owner has liberal
notions of Improvements, ii works quite
quite Ill for he looks to the perma-
nent benefit of his place while the fore
man very naturally looks for large re-
ceipts at the close of the year The
best method is for the landholder to
hire competent foreman with fam
lily, on salary. and if he wishes still
further to stimulate his endeavors, give
him small share in the profits of the
business 1t should be stipulated that
he should board what 1aborers are
needed, at given price, so that the
crops may pot suffer for want of work
ing at the critical time. This will save
all disputes about the application of
manures, rotation, sale Of crops, and
other details.
With a good foreman capable of d.
recting labor, man of capital in the
village or city can carry on farm, and
make it pay. But he will not find
it sinecure. If his time is al
ready fully occupied, or if he is averse
to the business, he should not attempt
it. Bat if he has taste in that direc-
ton, and is willing to plan, and labor
with his brain, he can find great deal
of pleasure and sure profits in cultivat-
in the soil. The amount of the divi-
dends will depend good deal on the
skill of the operator, the seasons, the
facilities for marketing, and the contin-
gencies which affect all other industries.
Farms located near cities and villages
usually raise in value, and this consid-
Grafton often determines capitalists to
invest in these enterprises Scientific
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