The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-08-16
agricultural.
THE CURE OF DERT.

he should buy on credit as little as
possible. The man who spends his
money before he gets it is always at
a disadvantage, for as soon as he
gets any money some hand is reach
ing for it and he no sooner has it
than it is gone. think the farmer
is more tempted to run in debt than
almost any other man, because deal.
ers are so willing to trust him. for
his farm is good basis for security
and it is property which cannot be
hidden or carried away. The soon
er you can establish the habit of
paying cash down for everything
you buy, the better for you, for If
you do this you will often deny
yourself many things which you
cannot do without. 1t will require
frmness and self-denial to buy only
what you can pay for, but without
it you are in danger of getting into
the habit of buying on time and
keep yourself always in debt. There
are many things which are desira-
BILE to have, but not indispensable,
and these are the things which the
farmer who is IN debt must learn to
do without. 1t is a good plan,
whenever you reach the conclusion
that you need to make an expendi-
ture, to postpone action until you
sleep, and then talk the matter over
with your wife. Often little cool
reflection will save your mourning a
debt which you will find burden
some and cause for regret. |
knew young farmer some years
ago who was badly in debt, and so
situated that he must hire all work
done that he could not do himself,
who bought 500 fruit evaporator
in year when fruit was plenty. A
few days running it with hired help
showed that he could not make ex-
penses, and it was set away and has
not been used for ten years, but dur
ing all that time he has been paying
interest on its cost. Another case
which came under my notice was a
young farmer paying $50 for force
pump and rubber hose to water his
sweet potato bed, and finding it die
not pay it was thrown aside after 9
single year. | could multiply in.
stances which illustrate the truth
wish to enforce, which is to make
no outlay which is unnecessary, but
it is only needful to call attention
to it, for the man who keeps his
eyes open will see in Lis own neigh
borhood plenty of illustrations.
Another help to getting out OF
debt is to make the farm produce as
far as possible the family supplies.
| know farmers in debt who depend
on the butchers for almost the en-
tire supply of meat. Others who
have large families take no pains to
have vegetables, fruits, poultry, etc.,
and are even careless about a con-
slant and. regular supply of milk
and butter. Now, it is easy to plan
so that there shall be small, steady
income to meet the little outgoes,
and the most prosperous farmers |
have ever known were those who
rarely go to town without pack
age of butter, basket OF eggs, some
poultry fruit or vegetables to help
pay the bills. There is a great fail
ure to live UP tc the privileges of
the farm as well as to secure its
profits, to the man who does not
look after the many small sources
OF supply and income which the
farm furnishes. The most import
ant advice | can give to the farmer
in debt believe to be to put more
Of thought into the work Of his farm,
and what | mean by this is that you
should decide upon plan which is
adapted to your land, your locality,
and your own taste and capacity.
Half the farm management with
which | am familiar is OF such a
character that any man could see
that it would fail of profit, because
the owners are not studying to
know what is best for them, but
only trying to copy after some one
else. There is also lack of per-
sistancv and a disnosition RI chonra