The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-06-21
THE Farm.
Farmers, Gudners, HorticuIturists,
GARY and Stockmen are requested to
unite for this Department.
What Ono Man Has Done on a
Small Farm.
PROFIT IN LITTLE THINGS.

cumStanceS, Wnetner IaImluS paul.
His reply was; II suppose it pays
about as well as any other business if
followed industriou>ly and with an
economical ard careful sly lie Of living"
81 know" l continued, "that you
have some money invested, you have
comfortable home, you pay your bills
promptly, and your farm is in as good,
if not in better condition, than when
you took it ten years ago. Have you
any objection to telling me if your
farm has been your only resource?"
"Not the least" he replied. "1ht
little l have came from my farm
Chow have you managed to succeed"
1 asked, "when so many othess have
failed?"
"My methods of farming do not diff
fer from those of my neighbors."
Upon being pressed further he show
cd me his books, in which he has kept
an accurate account of his receipts and
expenditures for the past eight years.
Ten years age" he said, Il bought
so acres Of land, about one-third Of
which is at least mile and half from
the rest. In all | have worked IS
acres. | started with debt OF 81 600
On my land, and had three horses, a
couple of cows, some farming impc-
ments of the plainest kind. and $500
in money. | had horror of debt, and
by self,denial and economy, aided by
the best wife farmer ever had, in two
years l had paid the mortgage on my
land. l then began to keep an account
of my receipts and expenditures. l do
not Say it boastfully, but only to show
you that farming does pay, that / now
have surplus of $4,000 on interest,
every dollar ofwhich was made by
farming. | have net lived meanly, as
you know, and during those ten years
| have lost three horses, which cost me
$440 to replace; Lave spent Sl75 in re-
pairs on my buildings; Sl20 for har
,ester; $lG0 for carriage for my wife,
and 500 for gold watch for myself.
| have not, also, been unmindful Of the
claims of the gospel, for my books show
that l have given $245 towards build
ing churches and SIS to $40 year to
their support. take six newspapers
religious, commercial, agricultural
and county papers.
"My crops have not been larger
than those Of my neighbors. For in
stance my wheat has yielded from 20
to 33 bushels TO the acre; corn l2 to
Is barrels l would not be satisfied
with less than 12) oats 80 to 40
bushels, hay to II tons. l use every
year about $500 worth of fertilizers,
preferring some phosphate with bone.
| don't feed cattle regularly, but some
years have fattened as may as eight
steers, wintering them on rough prov
ender and grazing them the following
summer. have found hogs more pro.
fitable than caltlc.'
At my urgent request he kindly al.
lowing, l made copy of the receipts
and expendturesfor each year, as fol-
lows:
Receipts ....Sl. 356 ~ Receipts 81 JOG &c
Expenditures. 7O6.S; Expenditures T66 81
Net profts...... $3.50 o. Net Profits. ... $3.50 70
Kectipts. l.l96 o. Receipts. 81 ,418 90
expenditures tao u expenditures. 973 %
Net profits. ... sGts OF Net profits s5e5 6s
1888 1887
necelpts. ...$ .sSS q Receipts. ,743 95
Expenditures. l.Gl2 Il Expenditures. 9I9 63
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Net prohts;:;:;.. $C76 a. Net proats-.... s76l 80
1854 1883
Ncceipts: ~ u Receipts STA 81
expenditures. s35 81 Expenditures. 1853 40
Net prOhts..... s662 II Net profits s4C5 II
The average yield of grain and hay,
lie Sid, was al out the same evey year,
but the difference in the receipts and
expenditures is accounted for by the