The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-11-08
Trials aHe Profits Of Farming.

= q -t-- IL A-4AFi All1 lusFAnES u
ather, skilled mall the operation
( the business, and therefore the
nov eli about ii. Others, again
fho have been successful in mer.
antile. or manufacturing business
asing al their movements CT
trict ealeulatioasi getting tired Of
eiag eolainaltio eountiRs-heuses
% city life generally, have turn
q their attention to reading books
nd periodicals on farming in It's
arious branches. OF stock rails
az mutton and wool growing. but
ar and milk producing, etc. until
aey have become charmed with a
armers occupation. These per
pms usually have sufficient capital
% very important element at the
tart There Is an old saying that
II - man engages IN any new bus
cess, be must pay for learning it. %
hat Is. if be does not qualify him
elf BY previous study and actual
pprentioeship before he comment
es, be sill have to pay afterwards
n his mistakes and failures.
Economy Is q yirtne. we viii ad-
lit ard il IS nowhere shown to
raater adEaatage than IN Success
al farming. The city merchant
u going into farming Is apt to be
= liberal in his expenditures.
T. has 9 taste for the beautiful,
aturally incnleated By city life.
he appearance Of the farm build
sgs does not suit his taste. An
rchiteet with a troop Of mechanics
Re brought from the city, at city
riees. to make Improvements
hich afterward turn out to be no
Improvements at all. except in the
g0prielor's fancy.
Another class Of farmers, which
Re see every day around US, is a
sseiTing class, brought up to
armiug, industrious and frugal in
heir habits. aud deserving the
ympathy ard good viii Of all man
ind One Of this class viii buy a
Hrm ti.at has been hard cropped,
and is cut Of repair in fence and
buildiDgs, because the price is
.o# and his capital Is small. He
linus commences with poor land,
sneum5ered with debt He works
hard, lives economically, and at
he close Of the year is scarcely
ibie 70 make both ends meet By
bis industry and frugality he Is
IDLE 10 make some Improvements
from gear TO year By good filth
bis crops grow better and become
0fesennmerati7e. This is very /
encouraging. and be works on; he
is prospecting; hope stimulates him;
5ut there is one great drawback
want Of capital TO procure q better
class offne stock and labor-saTing
implements. To wosk q farm to
.he best advantage, requires sufi-
sient capital ct command to take
adrantage 81 the markets and to
procure stock when needed, to eat
liz crops. making profit on the
stock besides. The question here
Is whether the young farmer with
small capital would not do better
70 hire q farm in as good eondi-
ion a. can De obtained. aud use
al his capital 10 stocking It If he
ean get & lease for term Of years,
So mueh the better We have
ssan - many young farmers, and
old ones toe. rowing against the
tide. By not having capital at com
mand 10 take advantage Of cireum-
stances that would have yielded
them large profits. that we would
b glad 10 seeit remedied.
There are many sections Of the
eountry where fbree out of four
farmers are 10 debt; their lands
covered with either judgments, or
mortgages; paying interest and
taxes or the capital Of 9th
ere This Is q great drawback TO
FARMING interests; Improvement
II land, III buildings. In imple-
nents. and 10 live stock, are all
impedsd by it There Is such a
slirst for owning more acres than
~ can pay for, properly cultivate,
1iat we get into the current before
zssee where It leads. and then find
q dfhculty IN backing ont without
receiving severe bruises, SO we try
- push along to the end of the
chatter. which is either death, OF
tie 'beriI We thus waste Our
eDessies Ia trying to overcome
8ifiHldes that We have roluntari-
y laced ~ our Own paths.
Dr0nHo0d Appeal
Sra p Le,eiog. . large dealer in
eraef1 lnerelaFdisr q Wabuska, Nevada,
sals lare tried 81 PafTicss Pills and
can iIii-taiiT say they are fhe beef ]
.I.lEr H1I|r KEN "a known ueH1