St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-10-16
WANT OF STABILITY.
One Of the Greatest Drawbacks to Pros
perity in the business Of Farming.

Some men can not even make III
their minds as to how they should &C
about any necessary business, and con.
sequently perform it in most inctii.
cient manner. They change their
minds with every fancied reverse of
! fortune, and break up plans that have
become settled by lapse of time. SO that
the breaking up is productive of loss
and perhaps disaster. Unstable Is
water thou shalt not excel might BE-
said of many farmers who blame then
chosen pursuit for their partial failures,
instead of blaming their own mistakes.
There is the man who begins business
as dairymtn. let us say; he goes into
it with a rush; perhaps he succeeds
moderately well. but he finds it hard
work. needing the closest application.
While it is novel he is inter ssted, but as
the novelty wears off and he finds
he is only making a bare living and is
| not laying up money, or able to in
du!ge in luyurics. he becomes diSpirited
and wants a change. He declares that
the dairy is IN Improbable business;
that bogus butter ruins it. and that
something else pays a great deal
b.tter. There comes boom in
hops; the price goes up to Il
!, dollar a pound and he gets I'd of his
roots and poles, and reads up hop.
growing. BY the time he has any hops
to Sell. spared through painful effort
fir I'M the Ice and the mildew ana the
various other troubles incident to their
culture. the price is down to eight OF
ten cents. and again he is discouraged
and on the ragged edge which separat.s
hope from despair. His hop yard is
| plowcl up and he tries something else
which is better. but always with the
same result. He tires of il, or perhaps
utterly fails. which is probably be-
cause OF the unfortunate want of per-
s:stcnca. and losing at every change
and turn, he is soon in distress and
goes over to the dark side.
Perhaps there is no other cause of
ftiucc that is SO prolific and common
Il this. Ii We examine into any special
bu 'inc,s in the grand industry OF farm
ing, We find the men entering it mostly
ii this class, and who have giyca up
pursuits in which thousands OF
farmers live happily in sannv
HON =. We ind the Florida orange
groves in ta'nro Chiefly hoped
for but no. s.aa-as yeti occupied by
many slch men. Fancy cattle men make
none; ont of them. They are the chief
purcha sers of novelties in seeds. plants.
implements. and all are restless. look
ing and hoping for some reader way Of
making money than persistent. effective
work. The crowds of frauds. like
parasites which live upon diseased
matter. prey upon such misguided men
and MAKE victims of them. and every
disappointment adds to their misery.
Those persons who are in Il position to
know. the editors who receive so MI my
urgent letters of inquiry about this new
place. or that new pursuit, and which
is best TO be done under such circum-
stances as no stranger could possibly
form an opinion of. know how many
such unhappy. unstable, undeter
mined men there are existing,
but not living upon farms. A time
comes t. many of them at last when.
like old EneaS. tossed and driven by
adverse fa.es, they are cast upon
some shore, wrecked amid storms and
clouds. Then a ray of light breaks
through upon them; for they are where
they can not get away and must stick
ut least and, like men. go to work at
whatever they are driven to. and per-
sisting by force of adversely they finally
find that they have been wastinga
life in seeking. But it is thrust upon
them in spite of themselves.
Many a man who has thus suffered,
or vino is now suffering. may look back
TO his childhood and see how his early
training led to this instability and con-
ssIuent failure. In hs bovish pursuits
many things were begun but none fin
ishcd, and Us he grew in years the habit
grew. and became confirmed. This is Il
matter for parents to consider. They
have the forming of the character of their
children, and if any chill has fallen
into this habit they should correct it at
once. TO finish what has been begun,
to adhere to choice which has been
made after mature and careful consid-
Grafton, to persist and persevere and
never lose sight of the end in view or
turn aside from its straight pursuit. are
indispensable to success. Think of the
men who have made mark in the
history of the time; of the leading
farmers, stock breeders. horticulturistS,
dairvmen, all of whom are sought rs
advisers leaders. teachers, examples, I
and what is their history? Anunbroken
course in pursuit of aims which they
have reached, and of ends which have
brought prosperity and success and
honor to them.
The business of farming has two
sides: one lies full in the glow of the ,
warm. bright sunlight; the other is on
the shady side, buried in gloom and
darkness. Every man can choose =
which side he will live upon. The path
to each DIVORCES from plain ROAD
plainly. so that it can not be mistaken.
The business of farming is one in
which no man can fail who uses COM
mon prudence, who is Industrious. per-
severing, careful. foresighted. economi
cal. 1t has the worlds wants to sup
plv. The farmer feeds and clothes the
world, and every product of the soil
has its waiting consumcr>.-Henry,
in Rural NeU Yorker.
PREVENTION OF CANCER.