The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-07-17
PROFITABLE FARMING.

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Points to BE Considered by Every Hus-
bandman and stock-Ralser.
That farming can be made profitable
is proved by the fact that out of the
great number of persons engaged in it
(far more than in any other branch of
OF business there are very few failures,
large majority making it profitable.
We will suppose that each reader
owns farm. The first thing to con-
slider is what the farm is adapted for.
Some are suited for stock, others for
grain, while a large proportion of our
farms are adapted to mixed farming.
After You have found what your farm
is adapted for, ask yourself the cues.
ton what you are adapted for. MANY
man has made failure in life by
pursuing calling that he was not
naturally fitted to follow. A farmer is
similar to manufacturer; he should
produce such articles as the market
demands. The successful manufacturer
tries to put upon the market articles of
good quality. finished up in the most
attractive appearance possible to meet
the wants of dealers and consumers.
The same course should be pursued by
the farmer. If You are producing
beef, let it be of the best quality, and
put upon the market in the best posi-
bic condition. The difference of two
or three cents per pound on cattle
makes the turning point between profit
and loss. 1t is the same with mutton:
If you are raising mutton sheep, keep
the best mutton kinds and fit them for
the top of the market. Let that be
your rule; raise what You will, but raise
the best and it will bring good prices
at all times. 1t is just as cheap to raise
wheat as it is to raise chess and cookie.
In raising the best you improve the
farm, which is another source of profit. !
Did you ever see farmer who inn
proved his farm and raised the best of
farm produce but made success farm
ingP
We, as farmers, should do as other !
business men do; they devote their
lime to business, making a study of ,
matters pertaining to their interests.
They do not sit around corner groceries, !,
saying their business does not nav. !.
Is l am sorry to say too MANY
armers do. lam well satisfied that farm
ng. with the same attention that other
business requires, will prove success
nj anywhere in the United States.
Farmers should visit each other and
zee what is going on in their line of
BUSINESS and exchange ideas pertaining
0 their ways OF managing their affairs. !
'armers. improve your soil each year,
improve your seed, improve your stock,
nd will guarantee that you will inn
rove your mind. your happiness and
our cash.
Some may ask: How shall we raise
ne best grain and meat? To raise
God grain, fit the soil in good season,
q good condition. both as to fertility
nd filth, then use none but the best
nd purest seed obtainable. The same
curse should be pursued in regard to
aising stock; fit your soil SO as to raise
ne most nutritious grains and the
reatest amount per acre, then If you !
o not want to go into breeding full
foods, you will find that it pays to use
one but the best of full blood sires.
10 matter what kind of stock you raise,
emember this: use the best sires to be
blamed. To farm successfully, do all
nat you do ,oeH. Be thorough, use
God common sense and don Z be afraid
the result. Chandler, in Indion-