Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-04-13
FARM AND HOME.



ana a fair knowledge Of farming, TO be-
come the owner OF AN eastern cultva-
ted farm, Is too often answered Ia me
negative. The common complaint Is
that prices OF land are too high, that
interest and the cost OF working the
land take all its products, so that liter
ally the farmer thus circumstanced
works for board and clothes, in all ex-
cept the name the servant OF a severe
taskmaster. Only the farmer having
capital enough TO pay for the farm at
the beginning can hope for success said
success consisting in earning a living
for himself and family. II no wishes
10 accomplish even this the young man
beginning farming without capital
must work for others until no can ac-
cumulate il.
The result OF this teaching is that
the bulk Of New England and eastern
young men inclined to farm leave home
and seek the west There Wild land
can be had for little or nothing. BY
working and enduring priyations such
as he would not think Of putting up
with in the east a young man may In
time make himself home, build barns,
and ultimately become prosperous
farmer in his locality. Even there,
however, he has his draw backs While
making his farm improvements he has
lleteriorated soil fertility. He has his
farm. but II is Ia less desirable ell
mate than that Of his early home, and
including everything has probably cost
ully as much.
At the west, too, few hundred dol
lars TO begin farming with are even
more necessary than in the east lu-
tcrest is much higher there. and the
lack Of any money Is generally the
lack Of credit as we'll At tho east
habits Of industry, and prumtitudc la
meeting obligations as they become
due, soon extends mans credit a.
much as Il IS best for him % have.
Money Is comparatively plentiful In alt
old localities, la new settlements Il Il
scarce, and except at extremely harsh
and usurious rates, the man without
available assets can get nothing. Ia
almost any western towu ars many
farmers barely getting living. and
only holding On because they cannot
set money 70 90 anywhere else.
Those who experiment ia farming
with too little money either east Or
vest rarely give themselves a ialr
chance They attempt too much. are
oYerweighted, and fail. Just as mrn Of
small capital fail In other business. al.
temPts. There was. perhaps. time
when the purchase or hOmcstsadinp Of
large tract Of land was good business.
policy. Land that by the increase Of
settlement becomes mOro valuable has
9cen the rule 50 long that Il seems n.
II II We're an inevitable part o. the or.
der OF things Instead. however. In |
most OF the country Il has become the |
exception. Land increases IN value
only as improvements arc put upon Il.
and TO do this costs money. In fnc,
large numbers OF farms both east ana
west can now be bought for merely The
cost OF buildings and improvements
'1d often for less, Ia other wor,ia. tho
land really costs nothing and the nur.
chaser has the Alternative Of taking Il |
at the cost OF improvements, or taking
wild land and making the improve
mcnts himself
NO farmer with small capital should
'ver-burdeu himself With n Iny,,
amount OF land. He can by his own
inbor bring few acres to a high s,n,e
OF cultivation with little expenditure
OF money. This pays better than half
working more land and getting n smnl.
Ter crop per acre, hiring help to c,,lu.
Yate and harvest IL, besides paving
interest on this larger area that has
thus been cultivated at a los.. Itia
the great mistake Of small farmers N
suppose that their land Il too small I,
area 10 cultivate with profit Tboae
VINO thlnk thus often purchase neigh.
boring farms with the notion that ,hu.
they can help themselves out Nine
Llrnes In ten these efforts result In
worse failure than would have followed
Of effort on the original
humber OF acres. There Is an unbound.
~ prejudice among all Anglo,saxons
against selling part OF their firm n
: Is more than can bo worked with
oroiit sell until Il becomes adapted n
me owners capital and executive ab,l.
~ a small farm paid for and well
ilied makes a safe home. When h.
capabilities are thoroughly tested, The
'"ner may be surprised 70 learn Inn,
requires whatever executive foreo III
an command to manage it.-Ameriean
JultiyatOr.
Washing sheep.
10 wash or not wash nv shoenp ,
ms Is the question which comes ~ ,
'eiore the farmer every RECURRING ,
DElnU and fhg. |