Barbour County index., 1884-02-22
Failures In Farming.

With many people one failure il
enough 10 convince them that all fur.
ther efOrts in a given direction will bt
hopeless; yet the world is full of exam.
pies showing that most great successes
haze been the outcome of repeated
failures. The making of sorghum
sugar is a practical and profitable oper.
ati0n. but its failure has been predicted
again and again. Some of the fruits
and vegetables now well known i'm this
country were declared tO be failures
when first introduced IN this country:
IL was not so very many years ago that
IL was quite generally believed that
fruits could not be grown west of Lake
Michigan, yet very fair quantity and
quality of fruit have already been pro
duced in that region. Many years arc
an attempt was made to introduc, the
Hereford cattle in the United States.
For years they were utterly neglected
by the public. No on6 could be found
who would try them. Now they have
among AL the beef breeds no rivals
which are moro popular. The jersey
was in America for many years before
any general favor was accorded to her,
although she was almost as good but
ter COW years ago rs she is now.
In 1885 the Galloway was brought 10
this continent; but that breed of cattle
have remained almost unknown to the
general American public until within
the last three years. Now they bring nj
public sale from $500 TO 500. So with
breeds of sheep and horses. Pioneers
in importing and in breeding have in
many case for years failed TO make a
profit from their efforts.to improve the
stock OF the country, but at last they
have found their reward where they
have adhered to their stock. The utter
failure of the attempt to introduce the
Angora goat into this country has often
been pred cted, and even now there are
plenty who declare their belief that
there is no profitable place for that
breed. Yet the Angora-goat interest j.
making progr, sS.
Several years ago an effort was made
10 introdicevery fine-wooled sheep into
the States fron SaxoZy. A small num-
Ter of that breed VS. lately to be seen
IN Ohio. probably the sole reprcsen,a
tives of the race in this country. But il
is by no means impossible that that
breed may be brought into general favor
by the changes which fashion SO often
causes in-the demand for wool. There
is no one branch of farming which is
more subject to the changes brought
about by the whims of fashion than thai
Of wool-growing Yet the man whC
will steadily stick to his flock. be they
coarse or fine in fleece, VIII ut the end
Of any ten years find balance to their
favor on his books So, too, with the
breeder of horses He who breeds the
light. quick-moving, general-purpose
horse may feel that Just now the heavy,
powerful draft-hose has rather the best
Of the market; but the lighter horse
may soon come again into populah
The changes in business and popula-
ton in this country; the increased de
mand for luxuries which has grown ON
If an increase of wealth; the general
use of fine and silky underwear by
women and children; chang y of fash
ism in the clothing of men. and a dozen
other influences are at work to make
possible and even necessary that which
would have been Improbable a few
years ago. No man need be discouraged
and sell out any breed of stock he NAV
savc on hand because it happens Just
now to have no boom, for in few
years he may be riding on the crest of
he wave once more, and gathering in
Ms profits at an altogether unexpected
ate. n breeders of Scotch-polled cattle
nave been doing of late. Chicago 7ri6-