The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-08-06
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The causes of the present gener-
al depression in business and strin
gency in financial affairs are of such
a nature that they cannot be imme
diately remedied by any sudden
movement or industrial revolution.
Recuperation must be gradual, and
considerable lapse of time may be
required to bring popular confidence
up to normal tone. But there are
some things which farmers may do
in the meantime to in some degree
alleviate agricultural distress and
mitigate the embarrassments which
now surround them. American far
mers have never yet found them
selves so situated that their condi-
tion might not have been much
worse, or where it was notiapproxi-
mately as good as the farmers of
many other countries find their sur
roundings at all times. English
farmers, for instance, have for
years been struggling amid circum
stances at no time more encourag-
ing than those which now stare the
American farmer in the face. In
deed the picture of distress which
our farming industry now presents
has background of most sanguine
hope.
But there is no reason why any
one should wait for the return Of
good times. Indeed they are net
to be waited for, but created They
will not come with a rush and over
whelm the people with a flood of
prosperity having its source in some
wonderful and sudden alteration of
condition, but will be an outgrOwth
Of general effort and mere effective
business management.
But what can the farmer do to
lessen the pressure of current de
preston and hasten the return of
better times? There are many |
things.
L. He can farm better. There is
no doubt that it is clearly feasible |
to obtain a corn crop the coming
fall, by careful cultivation, at least
twenty-five per cent. better than it
would be if subjected to only aver
age care and culture. He can raise
more and better vegetables of all
kinds, and increase his income from
them. He can, simply by improv-
ed system and the better applica-
tion of business principles, very
materially add to his receipts from
the poultry yard, the dairy and the
orchard. Not one Of these things
is either impossible or impractical
Bile to the average farmer, and there
is no reason why he should not
avail himself of the good which
they place within reach.
2. He can improve the style of the
fat stock which he places upon the
N market, and very materially add to
his reputation as a stockman-a
kind of gain which unquestionably
has cash value. Besides there is
hardly one man in ten who cannot,
if he will try to do it, get nearer the
top of the market in his fat stock
products than ever before. He can
also now avail himself of the lowest
average prices ever known for
choice breeding stock, and fit up, at
4 triiing expense, for prosecuting
his business in much more salts
factory way than ever
3. There is a kind of economy
hat many farmers fail to practice
which will very substantially assist
N such times as these. 1t is econ
omy which secures the harvest in
,he best possible condition; which
prevents the deterioration of ma
,ured products through careless
ness; which allows nothing to go to
waste through neglect: which
prompts to the thorough care of .
,ools and implements; and which, {
n short, while it avails itself of all
he aids contributing to the success
If agriculture, stops all the leaks
through which many good farm
ncome is dribbled away.
We do not claim that an obser-
yance of any or all of these points {
will be sufficient to create an agri- .
boom at this time; such a
claim would be worse than visiona !
Y. But we do claim that the aver {
Ige farmer can in this way very
considerably relieve the pressure
low bearing upon them. Try it!-
National Farmer .