The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-03-05

ready, and the old spcckIcd hen was not set
that day.
TIE SUCCESSFUL FARMER.-The prac-
tical inquiry in every farmers mind is 4:
What does it require to become success
full farmer? One very intelligent and
successful farmer has answered that uucs-
ton most truly by saying that, successful
farming does not depend SO much upon
what man has, as upon what a man IS
There is world Of good seusc in that an
swer. Now a nau Is what he makes him
self. Intelligence lios at the base of all
success, whether in farming or in anything
else. We mean practical intelligence, not
knowledge of the classics, languages, etc
Said the wiSest mar that nrnr livnl sI-~-
sharpcncth iron, SO man sharpcneth the
countcnancc of lis friend
And after all, that is the true idea of
practical intelligence. We gather from
each other the ideas, strength and purpose
to become successful, No one person COM
prehcnds all the phases and methods lead
ing to success. Each thoughtful man has
good ideas and plans, but not on all sub
jccts and ways. y gets from b good
practical idea on managing livestock, and
b is no. quite up with the best method of
some other department of farming, and so
he gets better idea from \ on that. And
thus it is through all departments OF active
life. Whenever you find a man that be-
licves he knows it all, and has nothing to
learn from others, you can put him down
as an cgotistical nobody, and always a mis-
erablc failure on the farm. The successful
man you will find to be bright quick, look.
ing here and there, and laying all men and
all nature under tribute to his work and
purposes in life. We have in mind scores
Of such men. Recently one of
them remarked to US that, no odds
what kind Of times We had, while
he might miss it this year or that, in his
farm plans, yet taking any period Of five
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had averaged during such period profit
| of more than ten per cent net on his farm
productions, after dcducting interest on
amount invested in land, taxes, labor. seed
and marketing. That man has left no
stone unturncd to acquaint himself and
qualify himself for all his farm duties, and
that too before We had agricultural schools.
lie says that he takes ana reads six agri,
cultural periodicals and papers, devoted to
his own interests and considers it the best
annual Investment he ever makes. In this
way he becomes thoroughly convcrsant with
the thoughts and methods of all engaged
in the same pursuit, for in these periodicals
and papers he finds the contributions and
current writings of thousands of other sue
ccssful farmers who have been wide awake
like himself. And thus he utilizcs in his
own plans all that seems good to him
which he has not already adopted.
And so we conclude with the sensible
quotation above Successful farming does
not depend so much upon what man las
as upon what man is for one must be
intelligent in order to turn to good accoun
what he has.-/niionn Farmer.
Men realize as they grow older that they
are the dependent ones, and there is nothing
like true, honest, friendly woman, who
knows all his pccuiart:cs and fpibIcs, to
lean upon. Husbands and wives change
places in measure when they grow old,
and she who clung as the ivy to the oak, in