The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-07-28
The Profits Of Farming.

The lSTELIIGEScEE has had more or less
IN say on this subject ut one time and an
o,bo, dur;r, rcccpt veors bosrd mostly on
O'ne' u', ,."= ~. ss' I..u ..,, '''! w
conversations WIN P'acl'c''' .'''ers ot 'he
soil, or with those who had such IN cx-
oer;ence in farm life rs warranted them
!, ,;r;,, m o,;r;on nm ,bo srh;ec, 1yo
u s'"e "n -, ~ a., - w W
have mol heia ou' Tue laea tiiat large lor'
tunes were to be made in this way, save
in exceptional cases, but rather that on n
avail a,,orr, of co,;,,I ;rjic;o,.,r H.
s'ua" Iv v, ..l ' ,:.. 's..y -,
Ses'ea III lahu' " oel'er iNlhs was 70 De
made with less risk than In most other
callinss, True, the work is often hard. but
,bo ,r,;.,y ,,, ,bo wc,rord to,r in o,hor
1e ""A''' "Aa '.,. ".' ".i" '."' :" o'''e'
respects, are hot "'lat lhey are III more ac-
tive competitive pursuits. The Farmers
Home Journal. of Kentucky. gives n recant
.,,orr, =, Sono ,o,v ~,
"'sV""' - ' ~ aa'
ceS'es IN Inc vicinity Oh LOUISVILLE, IN the
way Of agricultural tillage. We quote ms
follows: ~
wo ,o;,;oo v,o, ,,,a i,.,,op, :, r.u.,.,..
D,vo hoau Iiass"J t M ,n;S s"nson ~ ".;,E ;u1hy 1ay
a,ons n1,s wy" ,an "'esa.u '"'s eeson mis iareei
S ,r; ,aaI;,a % ~, e ,as', so"M IL" neio.e aha
,b", ,ta" % III, ", NJ .ne II. P.seo ~ iiSh
i,,as "xs: . "; %"t III Hne q e'eat lcoIiG iaIeel!
~ ;,, Iss noo. y. ", ,ho, ,Vtn,e ea naeeu, we
,s esp,e' S,s .,', Ne'Iehy VII NC tne most
o'iono ,b iu.U,m, ;"s.o % III VIC unloh' aliu tnat
,s S s I'll i'ieoe iIo Ion .a onn od pfoGTc!s
.,, sns tsar na. " T'Il eAceeu sioouoo,ooo. rms
s;ra ,ia,' " VI n,o lttU s,,en n1che.s VIII
Sr S,sr, % nd ;i, W iof invest
aem., ismt a,.a .i,gre VIII oe larSe purchases Of
a.nis ANU glly properly maue'ahu no DOUBT
ascf! marked advance IN prices. Already
tneel.efhgss 10 invest Is apparent, rs we
Haye ic'!rd OF several tracts oil land IN this
ssy n"Vlhg Deen Dohght lately at higher
PlIeeS, anu one farmer has during the last
lew uIys Deeh looking Tor n business
"oIse lor an s.ie on on Aain street, Louisville,
's ae ll.'s s'o,ooo 10 invest.
"ethlan gardener beyond the Aims
house bought some land last year Mt Sl30
: Et acre; Insyear he putltall in potatoes,
Sn'In W. ~ cleared nm 500 per acre; Ile paid
,Ut n,a.t .aiS laiu, ana bought ior cash as much
h;' b;Y's ishu ~ siiV per acre, ana has now
M p.siIl !aiIi WI palo lof out OF one years crop
~ raI''I1'y py tllG lGtsest farmer IN kentucky is
I'. rIc a,,i,;i ms;i''u WATERS oil Oldham county,
,ni SJ iui,iaes ~ n1 over lonr thousand acres OF
lies; and some of his n:;,,hnrs J~ % ha!. iuu honn
es,imating his income from this season's
tiSPs, 1esadn ana figure out for him clear profit
es,imY,o ivSvV. ,s nnls n sum IS quite = moderate
who " year M a"o 'ns nnvo -: ssS ISi,o oOo tcnsb
or the Eden farm Of six hundred acres,
yEht ,i miles from Louisville, has sold
ire arrss onI MS crop n1 81 o oJ from siS @
expected that lie will make over So 600
clear income this year, which will be u
@en.y.nve per cent DIVIDEND OH MS IN
Dro,it as this % md " What s 10 c morn S Nosa 1"e,
armiug lands arc the sniest OF nil invest.
inen'', because they cannot be destroyed
"S.la ny I,e or mop violence, or even an earlh'
In conversation will, Dr. st,nd;ior,, l.s,
winter he said that in tho purchase Of tho
Eden farm, the Rudd place, and other ag.
u',lral s,oI ,ha. iahus near L?ulavile, ne consld
pay him rrer III Suds profits han sI hs coS ,IS oSau TSa
iron any other investment he could make
with his money.
The point, in part, which we wish to
make OF this is to show that a home market
great fac,or in a farmers prosperity.
ia the raising Of perishablc products, such
as vegetables for table use, it is the only