The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-02-12

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This u question that many thought
ful farmers are asking themselves. with.
out any definite answer. With al farm
products unusually low. and labor a.
high a. ever known Except during the
war). II would look AZ IL failure to make
the farm pay expenses, 70 say nothing
about a profit, must be the inevitable
result. II Is better 70 look At whatever
difficulties we have 70 encounter. and
70 realize their full magnitude, than TO
make light Of them, and finally meet
them. That produce u low and labor
high. are facts we can not change -
individual farmers. But by being wide
awake TO every thing connected with
our calling, We can do much 70 change
the circumstances, 50 that we can see
q profit in the near future, Il not nc
present Let US bear In mind that the
same problem confronts every business
man 1t times-how shall / pay ex-
penses. and, II possible. make profit?
The first remedy would suggest, ID
to farm more on plan--to anticipate
. coming demand for certain articles
Of produce, and have them ready for
sale At the right time. When every
farmer Is engaged in producing some
particular product. It Is then too late.
The only way by which we can intelli-
gently anticipate demand. Is by read.
ing carefully the facts in regard to 1t.
and these ut present are far in advance
Of what our fathers had TO guide them.
To illustrate. as far as we are enabled
to Judge from all the information at
hand. il would be safe for any farmer
who has had experience. and has suita-
BILE feed for which he has no particular
use. to invest moderately in sheep
and this applies as well to many other
things. One argument IL, they are
cheap; another. that = farm upon
which sheep are made specially can
be carried on with less help than any
other. The only way to lower the
price Of labor. is to lessen The demand.
We are too much inclined to plan rs
our fathers planned. This will not do;
the world has moved. things have
changed, living expenses are much
more. Taxes are on the increase every
year, and we must have more to sell 70
meet them. or failure will be the re-
suit. II we must employ high-priccd
labor. let us study 70 have il well-di-
rected. not running to waste here and
there. IL Is well known that some men
will accomplish much more work with
the same help than others, and the
reason Is. they make every move tell.
But we must not be penny wise and
pound foolish''-all the well directed
labor necessary to perform the work on
the farm. in 4 workmanlike manner.
must be Employed; anything short ol
this is 4 waste Of what is employed.
Let the bills for labor be light from
the LIST Of December to the LIST OF March.
Tie DAYS are short, many Of them
stormy. and we need very little help 10
sit by the fire and read our papers. Too
much helm is hindrance at such =
time: but to ourselves the stormy day
may be turned to good account.
NV experience of more than thirty
years on one farm. has taught me that.
with scarcely an exception. there
| comes time every season when all the
| operations on the farm-the blowing
| and sowing. the planting and hoeing.
rcsping and threshing- be carried
| on under favorable circumstances and
conditions. Itmay come early. it may
come late; but Il Is almost snre to come.
and the grand thing is to be ready
when il does come, and push as II every
day were the last. In this way we
economize labor. lessen the demand
and lower the price. II is folly to COM
plain about high wages as long rs the
demand is what it il at present A
Iaboring man has right to make all
he can out Of his labor. In one sense,
labor Is . commodity; II the demand Is
good. the price must be high and the
poor man who has only the work Of
his hands to dispose Of. should not be
blamed il he tries to get the full price
that his labor can be made to command.
So much for lowering expenses.
Now. how shall we raise the price Of
products? To combine to hold GER
tain product for stipulated price is .
failure; there can be no concert Of ac-
tion--tco great variety Of opinion.
But IL needs no concert Of action for
farmer to determine that he will raise
better article than his neighbor, and
IN this way obtain better price, ana