The Grenada gazette., 1888-12-20
DOES FARMING PAY2
An Ohio Editor Gives the Matter Som
SeftOUs Thought


sefioUs Thought.
This is question that ydd often heat
discussed, and with the village farmers
and town i5afers It has become almost
threadbare by reason OF lis beipe SO
often discussed by them during the
long, dull summer days; but with the
farmer it Is one of much interest, and
involves dollars aud cents: There Is
no doubt that there are farms that do
not pay, but you will generally find
them carelessly and loosely managed, !,
aud conducted in the most slipsfod
way. But where tou find a farm neat
" anu well conducted-whers the
mauager attends Close, to his business
and keeps K at1, IN hand-you VIII
find that man making a success at his
farm, as you well any other man that
devotes his talents and energy to his
business.
1t rGdutfes ss much talent and en-
ergy to conduct farni Successfully as
It does any other business; though II
is n6t absolutely essential that you
should have collesiate III thorough
academic education to succeed, yet
such all education is decided advan.
tage in your success. Many Hsen with:
out any education at all have succeeds
ed ::s farmers. yet they were not, by
reason of not DeiHs -aucated, dolts or
blockheads. BY close application \"
the business of the farm, even in its
miputest details, the farmer acquires
thorough practical education in his
chosen profession; one Worth q great
aeal nlore than all the visionary ideas
that many med af education get ty
reading the scientific works OH fafnt-
ing, written often by men who do not
know one plcw On the farm from an
other, or when the tldVs should
run or when not. We do not
wish ~ he understood as objecting
to the many ftal'y good and val
liable journals that are deVdt5a 70 the
interest of the farms. From them the
farlncr- can get many good, practical
and useful suggestions, and every en-
terprisina farmer should read them
and make use Of what he finds good In
them.
The farms ought and ean be made
profitable, but we doubt their hsing
made sd under the present all-cotton
system, in an AMIDST eaelusior Of other
crops! The farm should be self-stss
taining-enough corn, oats and other
grain, forage, etc, should be made in
ample abundance to supply the place,
raise what hogs you can proftably,
then fleTlt what cotton you can culti-
vate well, and you viii tiud in q few
years that you live more comfortably
and will be out Of debt provided YOU
do not already Owe more than you can
ever expect to pay). fafttiine nor any
other business offers many inducements
to one in debt as debt is like mill
stone around your neck that weighs
you down. 1t destroys your energy,
makes ydu listless and leaves You
without hope. Under such circum-
stance attend more closely, II possible;
to your business, deny yourself every
thing that you imagine you need, and
wnai frr think you can possibly get
along without, defer the ttrshase Of it
for one month. and if at the end of that
time you find that you are absolutely
to have it in the interest of
your business, then buy it, but not till
then, and you may succeed in getting
out Of debt. Farming will certainly
pay If you will give it your undivided
and by looking closely to the
expenses and making them as light as
possible, as economy Is the only safe
road to success in any business
(O.) Times.