The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-08-09

RECENT OPINIONS oN An OLD QUESTION.
suppose ought to ask pardon OF the
tDu-shimmed, tcnter-h hearted, Timber
backed BOYS Of The Daniel Stckney stamp
GgaladMg 40 The fact that farmers have
ta work, lest discourage the dear little
fellows that have not vet found out what
they ate made for; but that is the kind
NJ farming that pays" and the same
yet up and get" viii make other busi-
mess pay. u. H. Thing
There Is no avenue open to a young
man 0t intelligence and education that
gives 50 sure promise OF success and of a
long, happy and useful life, as practical
agriculture farming in New England.
Don't believe in "'tbe sterile condition of
the soil Of almost any part Of New Eng
land. Give it d fair chance and it will
respond generously to the intelligent,
educated hand Of culture. 1t will forgive
many blunders and DO the fair thing to
honest effort j. B b., in Mass Plough
man.
Farming is a good business for good
farmer Just as trade is good business
toI good merchant. Ninety seven per
cent, Of the merchants are said to fail at
least once in their career | think this
is sat too high. We know that no such
condition of things exists on our farms.
Why does not this prove that farming is
Ii better business than trade We all
hnoN that the percentage Of risk IS far
less Id agriculture than in trade or man
utaatures 1t is IL lule of business that
where the Iisk is small the revenue is
less. large income is necessary to
cover mn excess Of risk This is a thing
that farmers are apt 10 forget, and is the
reason why neither rapid fortunes nor
great and sudden losses are met with in
agriculture. We have no right to expect
the safety OF farming and the great profits
of speculation together.
1t is my opinion, after much thought
and long study of the subject, that farm
ing is by far the best business done in
America as things are now. But it is
capable NJ being made much more profit
able Even our best farmers can do bet
ter than they are doing. In fact it is our
best farmers who are most conscious OF
the capacity Of their business for i'm
proHement The talmeIsot New England
want more knowledge, more energy and
more capital In proportion as they get
these requisites they become more profit
able. The greatest fault or misfortune
OF ouI average farmers is that they have
got more land than they are able to han
die % profit. The next greatest is that
they 90 not study their business as they
ought. They are satisfied with being
poor farmers, but disSatihed with the
natural consequence Of being poor men.
.I H. Hoskins. NJ. D., in Home Farm.
\ statement concerning the Maine ex-
pertinent in beet sugar is made for the
Department Of Agriculture by the secra-
tuiy ana treasurer Mr.. Henry Blackwell.
He SAYS The business was abandoned here
solely because they found that in New
England the supply Of beets could not be
had. Mr. Blackwell says in conclusion 4:
There Is no difficulty, with proper ma
cAluery and skill in making beet sugar,
but our beetS We're not on an average.
nearly So good as in Germany, or even in
France, Yet they were much better than
the average beets raised in Delaware.
Making beet sugar is primarily an agr-
cultural question. In our stony soil ma
chinery could not be used in cultivation,
and the contracts did not average one
acre each. In Iowa, Minnesota, Dakota
or Wisconsin, think beets could be rails
ed On large scale, with machinery, at
handsome profit, at - per ton. But a
factory will only pay if it works on a scale
# Dt 4
worked l25 to $50 tons per day. Such a
factory cannot be erected for less than
@l25,G00, and cannot be run without an
additional cash capital of $4,000. 1t
should be in the midst of the best fields.
must have an unlimited supply of water,
cheap coal and railroad facilities. 1t re-
qulres one ton Of coal to convert five tons
Of beets into sugar.
1t is possible that there is a difficulty
in Our Eastern ciNtate as we'll us our soil
nul summer is too hot ard dry. ! incline
to think that Oregon and California are
the best localities tOr beet sugar, and
that sorghum cane Is profitable for the
Eastern III d middle States There is an
analogy between the Eastern and West
ern climates Of the two continents. New
England resembles North China Oregon
resembles Europe. From the expert
ments Of the United States Department,
confirmed by my own experience in sOrg-
hum, | am convinced Contrary to my
former opinionl that s0rgh,tm Sugar is
destined to become great national in
dustry unless there is a sudden and en-
tire change in our system of sugar duties
within two or three years
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is cock of the walk and vet She apnearc