Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-04-26

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Personal attention to ones business, of
whatever kind it may be, is the most sure
way to permanent success. The lack of
industry, or laziness and inattention to
! business are the causes of many ship
wrecks on land and sea.
The successful farmer practices economy
in his expenditures, which does not imply
that he is u penurious or. illiberal man.
He finds it necessary to guard against the
polite and silver-tongued agents for the
sale of various machines and articles OF
little or no value; for he is aware that
| farmers, rs a class, are as often the prey
Of swindlers as any other-perhap more
| frequently.
lie has great regard for home neccssi
tics, comforts and enjoyments, and pro-
vidos for the respectable, if not liberal,
education Of his children.
Need say that he is generally blessed
with Il prudent wife, and to her frugalty,
as well as her industry ana other amiable
and worthy qualities, is largely due what
| ever success IS attained?
Conten!ment and perseverance are other
traits of his character. By contentment
do not mean willingness to adhere to
old customs and methods of farming when
| Others have been proved superior, but |
mean he is not of rowing disposition and
possessed of very changeable mind. 1t
is said that a 6 rolling stone gathers no
moss" and the farmer who is frequently
moving from one farm to another cannot
reasonably expect to make much progress
anywhere; while he who in the midst of
rllng dscouragements from which no
cupatlon is exempt, still pcrseveres is
likely to overcome difficulties and proceed
with renewed courage.
| The man who owns a small or medium
slzod farm free from debt, and well stocked
with good tools and animals, with n sur
plus capital to carry on his business, so
that he is never obliged to dispose of prop
erty by forced sale and can take advantage
of the markets in purchasing and selling,
is prosperous man, other things being
equal.
| The successful farmer understands that
if he raises and purchases the best breeds
of animals. and the best of those breeds,
and takes proper care Of them, no misfor-
tune Detailing them, he will have the best
to sell when he wishes to dispose OF them,
and those that will bring good price in a
ready market. He keeps no greater num-
Der than he can properly care for and
docs not sell before they are fit for market.
He plants and sows good seed and sufli-
ciont quantity per acre, knowing that the
principle that like begets like" holds
true in the vegetable kingdom as well as
the animal, and that " he that sowcth
sparingly shall reap also sparingly" He
believes in the old adage that "honesty is
the best policy" and by his uprightness is
believed and trusted by those with whom
he transac,s business and by every one
who knows him.
Jiy what has been said upon this sub
jcct would not have you understand
that mean by successful farmer simply
the one who in various honest ways sue.
cccds in accumulating property. but to in
clude the acquiring of those qualifications
of mind and heart which fit him to occupy
honorable positions in life, and enable him
to win the confidence and esteem Of his
fellow men and the appreciation of his
I Creator.