Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-01-13


srs agains, going indiscrimina,sly Ou, Of
grain raising and taking up meat raising.
and predicts short crop Of wheat in a
very few years. And very hiiingly Il
says;
As surely A. The seven lean klne, the
seven scarce years. followed The TAT ones
In Egypt 80 surely viii poor wheat years
follow The present abundant ones and no
PhsroAh i going 20 store up seven years
stock In advance. Wheat being very
kcspAbic article. there l. not likely 10 be
any great or sudden change, because q
part OF this years crop viii be held over,
And the neat year may not he poor
year
Il further says;
Again. let u he remembered that the
present low prices IL stimulating c0usump
ton very greatly. Multitudes are eating
good bread who seldom taste u In ordinary
years Other maltltudes who spend In
wheat al they have 10 spend. are doing
The same now. and are using from twenty
cvc % a hundred per cent more than l.
their custom. The prescut large stocks
will thus melt away rapidly. quite possibly
- ihc next harvest We lay no claim 10
prophetic vision. but u seems very reason.
able that the present Low prices should
not c1uiiuac a year lougcr Possibly, N
the next crop chances 10 b good one
with ne stimulus given In luila, 10 Aus
tralla. and Ia SoutheTn Earopc. and else
shcrc. through the actiou OF The sPeculat-
Or In ho'ilug The last years crop aoove
its normal prices, THE glai may not be
overcome tn a single year, though II pro
baby will Al auy rate, u Il not best 10
he scarci olt of future possibilities oy The
present condition % Affairs.
Al this. /, seems % us. j. very good
advice. When farmer u once vel.
ft,sd fof any particular braneh Of hi.
business and comes, by many years Of
experience. 20 thoroughly understand u.
h i folly % saddenly veer round and try
something else simply because Of de-
preston that can in the nature q things
iasi bat a short time The advice of the
Pai-, Flrr,r ~ill apply to us in the
matter % sheep raising. The fAf-seeins
Eastern farmer. instead q sclling Of bis
sheep a, fgiaously low prices vii take
this opportunity TO ~, frcsh blood IN his
a1cks By selecting fine animal, 10 breed
from and bY purchase and % increase
tto value and numbers that when Hush
times DO come be wil Be ready 10 reap
golden haryes,s a. rcsll, Of bis ,enacliy
in sticking % the basiaes'.
This faci holds good everywhere. and
ia an bfsnches q business. Never y
success obtained by constantly aying from
one business % another in search q the
great hafyes, Il : only by carrying out
a well.defaed purpose. BY eAreialiy lay
ias plans AID Carrying them oai BY con-
s,ani labor ia one direction, directed 10
accomplish q detni,s. well-dshned par
pee. that anything worthy The effort =
ever produced. The farmer lha, raises
potatoes. and has land and markets that
make them the most readily available Of
any crop be can raise. y very foolish 70
,,1p potato raising because they are low
90 one year. and rush blindly into some
thing else Ia, promises something better
The gock.raiscr Who has got fitted up
"a his business and learned i,s detail. BY
c1r,erienoc. i. foolish 70 become diseoar.
aged and ssll oa, Coz one or two bard
years. The daifymAn who drops his bus
mes, AL sslls OF bis stock because Of the
depression caused by an Ove-iocked mar
kei, makes a mistake. Yet this s jas,
What farmers are doing sll over the ooan.
Try today. Hauying from one thing TO
aao,her IN search q something that viii
pay better. This i al wrong. Tie Who
sticks % bis business year after year,
pockc,ins bis small profits of the poor
years, comes ogt ahead IN the cad. foF
be- !. always ready 20 take advantage Of
ths favorable years and 80 become inde-
pendent by working a, bis one, ~ell-de-
faei project.
One idea. thoroughly carried out and
i,s results pa, ia,o the best SHAPE. Is worth |
more % its po,sessor than = rnal,i'ade
that are no, fully developed and ATE con-
s,an,ly struggling for the mastery. let
us al remember these facts And 80 fegu'
la,c or Affairs that all our energies may
BE- directed b ose All-absorbing topic |
which shall become our life work and
upoa which cur minds are constantly Al
work. ever keeping oar eyes open iof
improvements and new aids iha, lead
ss nearer perfection aud make the results
of oar labogs grader and better worthy !
,he purpose ior shich they were de-
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