Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-01-05
The Reason Why.

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The Reason Why.
Rural Messenger.
There is many working, striv'
ing farmer, who tolls early and late
year in and year out, and who accumu'
lates a good deal of property around
him, perhaps, but who does not seem
to get on well in bis financial matters
His purse is ever depleted, or his re.
sources and crops never meet eXpecta'
tions. In other words, the calls for
money are always greater than his
ability to satisfy them; he is ever be-
hind-hand, and ten to one if the poor
man does not have to sell out at last,
to meet the demands of his creditors
and the wants of "A growing family.
Wherever this is the case there is
something radically wrong in the mans
management. Evidently there are
leaks, and he does not stop them. 1t
is the little leaks that sink the great
ships, and it is the small wastes that
ruin the farmer. A leaky cask will
not stay full; and constant waste will
deplete the resources of any farm,
This is the reason so many men do moi
get on in the world.
And one of these leaks is, having
poor shelter for crops, implements and
stock. 1T is losing business to shell
ter a crop out Of doors, as many do
and it is equally a poor business to put
crops away in leaky house, or in a
place where the fowls or the cattle are
ever encroaching upon it. The farmer
could make no etter investment of n
few dollars, than to provide water
proof shelter for all his forage and
crops, and warm, dry sheds for all his
stock in winter. Enough is frequently
lost by not having them to pay for ex'
tensive buildings, which would afford
ample room for all the crops of The
farm.
Another leak that often amounts tC
great deal in the aggregate, is the
careless and hasty way in which crops
are gathered in. Idle hands and boys
will be apt to waste a good deal here
and there, if not strictly looked after
Or it may be things are not removed
from the field in time to escape dam
aging rains, and thus good deal i:
lost. Or stock is fed on muddy
ground, where much of the forage il
trampled under foot and wasted. Ol
crops are not housed in proper con
dition, and much of it is ruined. Oh
meat is slaughtered in weather too
warm, and it spoils. Or dogs destroy
the raw hides before they are dried
or the eggs before they are gathered
Or may be the harness is pulled off anC
thrown upon the ground to remain ant
get injured.
Another very big leak is failing t
utilize the manurial resources of tn,
farm. Almost any farm of any exten
has about it the material for necessar,
recuperation of the soil. Most farms
have it in abundance. The trouble il
the material is not used, but lies idl,
in the forests or the swamps to waste
its strength on briers. Compost heap
are not often enough seen. The waste
of the kitchen too often remain abou
the premises to poison the air, insteat
of going to the pig-pen, the poultr.
yard, OF the compost. Where ther'
are no chips the fire goes out, ant
where manure is gathered not, th
crops are sure to fail. II does not pa,
to buy fertilizers on a lien, and neglec
home manures.
One more reason why some men d,
not get on better in the world we ar
constrained to mention here-namely
going in debt. This is the great erro
of the age-the mighty leak that i
bound to sink the ship sooner or later
Argument here is needless.
All admit that habitual going il
debt will ruin them. All see the dan
ger, yet thousands pass on and ar
punished. Perhaps some who run il
debt intend to evade an honest or full
settlement, if it is possible to do so
Since readjustment has become so por
ular, it were no wonder if it shoul
effect more or less the settlement 0
private claims. Yet, doubtless, mos
men really intend to pay all they ow
but if they continue to go in deb
they will have to make great effoI
if ever they do SO. These are some O
the reasons why so many are ever bt
hind in worldly matters.
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