Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-11-07
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iNrt m.s DO au. Sc ,lan
lt.c . prIc noe IT how oiaer
bJai1cs aeu manage ,aeir affairs,
aud iea'u something from their
observations. 4 farmers shonld
not be like clam aud shn1 bin
seq up wiia,n ,he aa,d Shell Of his
owu way, and nouons, nor think
OF matters morning TO him how The
world moves, or 10 ,;iuworiJt moT-A
or to the world how be gels along.
/ cmay lrarnn gu0d dehhby1sidy
ilg tde'wTy'of proolclio cities hat
will do bin good in h,s own bust.
ncss. i'dr Instance. If he should
- 1910 a cAYy w0fbshopuaqd anod
one or tsQ moo al work imDne
corner. b1t ,all jiae rest of great
bulldog empty, N',i iGiilled, 9iibe
mrGJiues rupgng % empty Orlwear,
ipS out with dust, be gobld be
stuck With wonder and amaaement.
If be we're 10 joteryieW abe oWner,
whQm be ,woGlG Geqtainkqthink ia
be crazy, aud we!ei ioId1 .thau Id
hai uot6ngcienli mGaOsl toj0trnish
hi, faclory,d bat 90 could not afford
to bile LABOR. Of tilqI ne was doing
well enough, that ba made a living
and was well satisfied with what
lie was doing, orr farmer would be
more and more amazed. That is
ifhc were MOI With 4 similarity be:
tween the case Of Ibis man his own
wben his thoughts were turuod to
~, own larw who're the larger
pari Of his fields Vas OyeTuD with
weeds;b why're tpepcrpD5 welded
hide more tban the seed for want
of tillaSe or fertilizers; where hall
his COWS failed 70 paynfor theiI
feed; where his crops were destroy
ed by insects, his land poisoned
with slaSnant water for wantl Of
drainage, and all tbis.was excused
because he could not afford 70 hire
labor, or buy fertilizers, or pponnrC
=, good stock, or that he vas doing
welt enough. a.sli ..on yna .m
J W. coUtG oalg sce ourselves as
o.rms zee iit. bow different we
shegIl aetl 10 Jnlp5 rs ,iIps rs see
ourselves to walcn oibet meago.lt
heips the larller - bGcome atqdain.
ted With other business by whose
Industry andl enterprise markets
are ioJnb fuularm products Com
petition. tol, spcrs.hin tu creator
clnrsor % bctteT methods, but,
unless hc Knows more ahoptIwiHt
his coppeth0r> are aud whatutbdy
are doing Than die baro fact t1ey
arc growing wheat moro cheaply
tan be is, or are making substi-
tHies for his buL,cr and, cheese
fom cheap laid and tallow, he will
hc poorlY able to.keep ahead in the
rec. and will ind himself left 0o-
bud. In observing the ways %
e. Der br.'nesS men q farmer will
Gud tuat each man makes his spec
ciai business bis lies work, and
studies ii thoroughly inside among
his own machinery and work, and
outside aHQpg bis. customers, both
aciud and prospective and sticks
10 a. hioU9l good tunes and badH
tba, economy ~ every way MOST
strictly enforce, no work or means
OF any KIDD beiug wasted, no OPP
poruDity missed. no dead s,OHk
being carried, and ereryfhlUg that
docs NOT pay Peips @exQrablY aud
Immediately .cnt OIL And df ihGi
lca rs no more than this he will at
least discover that IN a general
way the business mau WHO slonld
ron his store or" w0i&Shop as '.t5el
majority Of fainls Arc l'un world !
very soon BE without any business
al all. No doubt i, is true dat a !
Ia, C proportion OF business men |
fai to secceed. But all these fhl |
ules are due 10 the want Of the |
rictbssiness methods which alone |
iusnre success, and It is'simply ah !
that the farners bust |
moss is an excellent and profitable I
one thai so few farmers f;iiI i'll 1t, I
rather than their methods aro The
best. So That see very few fSr,nefS I
succeed IL other businesses, while
l great many business men make
,vcelient and sac ceSsfuI farmers.