New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-06
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the husbandman. ,.A
IT,. we.tern farmer can introduce new method WITH
AN, IN. expense and loss of change from old methou "
seduction and transportation. This Is great Az
santiago He has ruts TO get out Oh; no oia-
machinery to store old apple trees 10 root oa ~
traditions and habits of the neghborhooo 10 inpuo w
harass him. His land Is ready IKE Po'''' '
him TO mould 1t as he peases. - ,-0 NJ
Finally: His holdings are 80 large ths' NC eau ".
wholesale and secure the economies Vi s 80 =.
actions The mans arm yields 10 lne noi'0 o'
the engines piston .. oro reroo,a
-, ,I,os long TRANSFORMATION higher rates Long
TRANSFORMATION requires simple and unVarieu
TIC must confne himself mainly to gram anu ca'e'
rrhese are industries where the profts are cieiy ~
- Tho great farmers Grain and cattle are IN that sai
ny -. :, roducts where the rich and wholesale FRO
Hcer has great advantages. 1t is cheaper 10 raise
inion bushels OF wheat thousand head OF cat'e,
,ban n Is 10 raise thousand bushels OF huhuieu
hsad There is no such difference between the produc
,ion az wholesale at retail of eggs ana cmckehs' anu
t,t and vegetables and flowers and the thousand 'ae"
"a rlcasant industries which nearer market ana I'M
restricted choice give TO all Remote markets. u ,oH
,be small farmer Even the great farmer suneIs DC
nse the facilities Of transportation must be scaht ana
,Derfec The distant markets can be reached only py
single rail way and his success Is narreu OF hauo ny
,A oorroratlop that owns 1t. The problems OF trans
,ation 70 him are always full OF anxiety aud oiten oil
1oss Sometimes the railway Is new and lacks suic'n
continent TO move the crops. Oftener 1t Is eeoe COZ
narration and cannot work its way into trunk inc.
oan the rate is high TO forbid export or "oe
ot the great farmer sees some bonanza farmer "ho
sends thousand TO his hundred TONS receive upon
his larger shipment, or perhaps upon MS larger INV
mont in the railway stock special rates OF uanspo'"
.on The western farmer great or small may well envy
che man who has his market near and many routes "
reach II. , iii. ri.
Rut the cravest objections are those that sulke MS
home Under IT'S roof he looks for the rewards OF MS lo
All II rest is a struggle for living and here he must es
The life he has won. II need not DC luxurious 10 So
,-ortb living but II should be comfortable ana nave
..ouoo,,al color A great many homes have the
clr Rut too often 1t is the home OF the pioneer ana
AT and en,ptv with the lack and pain OF pioneer me-
the bouse rude often unceiled, without the necessary
copvcniences is taseless inside and out Inc ECONOMY
within IS rough and sordd, for few male or enale a
ants can be found 10 take the ruder tasks HIS Iaoo
soA 20 the nroducts OF the farm. Fresh meat Is
r,tv and 80 are fruits vegetables and everything
mat would be a variety TO his fare nor can DC Hhu
aversion or compensation outside There Is less renc
society for him or his family perhaps no chiIch OF
ooo. they have vet to built. Such life Is struggle
- o,istence and can satisfy only the foreign emf
Grant whom tradition and experience nave taught 70 ma
S chief endowment IN the discovery OF economies to
prolong it, It unsatisfactory and odlous to the Jei
sevman who has known fuller and better life.
NEw-TRsEY AND HER SISTERS.
w, h,.o snoken OF the East and the West Now let us
,oy AZ o1r own State. Our manufactures, with their
masses OF masonry their talk Of tariffs and the noise ana
The struggle their trades unions, absorb our attention.
and we forget that NewJersey state OF most extensive
and successful agriculture. II is small Is counted inc
forvthird among the States and Territories nor gram
g., great industry vet In annual production Of wheat
New-Jersey twenty-third in the list with crop OF
nearly 1000 600 bushels In the annual production OF
oats il is twentieth in the list with production OF
nearly 600 900 bushels. And generally we may claim
agriculture position Is
above the average and in agricultural aud horticultural
speciates our position is the first But even after TINS
abatement You will wonder at the details Look at the
percentage which the annual products OF the farm Dear
10 the capital invested in two OF our counes-one about
the worst the other about the best for such com
rason In Bergen County the value of the products
10 per cent. This county lies opposite TO New-1ork
md the interest is moderate because In many cases the
farming has TO bear the assessment OF villa lot
and many villa lots which produce nothing are counteda
farming acres But in Burlington County which crosses
our state like and whose character Is agricultural
and not suburban fl Is 20 per cent. This is not bad
result in either county. But our object Is to compare our
State with other States in all particulars which would de-
eide its relative grade farming State We VIII take
the land itself first What is tho value OF the farming
acre in NewJersey and the value OF the farming acre III
+t Tinted States The shows the value OF the
land without tools machinery or crop OF stock As
we look through the tables we pause moment TO notice
the prepopderance the industry which your assoca
ton heirs 10 foster.
Tho farms of the United States are worth SlO197OOO
600 while all other real estate including the dwellings
and warehouses of the city, the capital employed IN 0usi
ne and the water power besides is but 0O0
"a 5 900 600 and mines including petroleum wells
and gold and silver bonanaas and stone ana otneI
sand millions invested IN farming lands New con-
arr" of the United states is worth but Sl9 O2 the New
Jersey acre Is worth $50 IS H. having ascertained the
value Of our acre we look the average value Of
what produces IL the different States We find That IL
1879 It was in
The United States. 81 Massachusetts, 81 "a "a
Illinois ........... 81 New-Jersey. Ii II
Indiana. .............. { "a
In s99 hat v2 esr Of all Rg9ay'f % m R
premaoy and showed sol 81 as the value that was raised
In Is79 each acre sown with of corn, wheat
United States. New,Jersey.
9 9S % 9$0 90
or II we look at the value Of the live stock find this
United States. New-Jersey
iorses-....'-.-'-'.' az ~
MI e5......-........... ~ ~ II %
Mich Observation-Disclosures. 302l 80 69
ff4 9,,s9 S2 25 1545
Let us next see where the farningfok the richest
Tacb person engaged in farming Is worth IN
The United States 81 SIS Massachusetts 500
Connecticut 5000 Ohio 1926
IIp91s. 2I95 - ''0i
But let Us look to see where labor engaged in farming
g,s the LARGEST the return yHar 1873 in person eNseu Ii w
The United states 1914 SO Massachusetts 1871 46
Connecticut $50. 409 o. OHIO ,........... 394 Al
innos a a4s 90 eH'eI'e! '''''''' oooO
This rapid survey Of results startling places
NewJcrscy al the among the agricultural states
IN all particulars her record places her above the
age and IN at the very top If we look az the land
wealth, We find that acre in New-Jersey is worth
M0rc than IN any other State. II we look at
az We n