Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-12-12
FARMERS AND FARMING.


Tho Value 81 Keeping AN LNaot Account OF
Expenditures.
H'--.u rrt- Roo Or.
Much OF tbs isrmi0g o. today 10 done
blind, anu without any 'dea Of the results
on dollars and cents. / make it a rule to
ss,, an account Of al income sni expen.
t.tnres. rs srnef should go cash husi-
ness only. A cash book is al that rs
sctually necessary. though o1e coulc
b-r-cs cut into a regular system OF book
ks.pipg lf Thought desirable keeping a
-tpsrste sccoont wi,h each crop srd
ANA of stock Blt fad
,r,t cs-h book is sufficient
lor my purpose. Whenever ] sell ANY
t,iee / ensr.- 20 up to cisb, stating arti-
c.-.. weight. psice, &c snd all eKDendl
f,-.. are. likewise carried cot ia detall, So
.,, Ter back fer years aud tell anout
,sh-t my net income has been, and mo-
nv tie .,sey. chat i. has net been very iai,
.rd i conclude that tue farms that VIII
nav three per cent. or over are very few
aud Gr b-twee-. Count 10 up, farmers,
and see tor yourselves mean thlea per
sent. ~ the entire investment ia lanu'
81. cr and machinery, after auo"iag ioi
rtphrs and living.
In the l.ce Of this small margin 1t b.
b.oves % look we'll 20 everything the
l.tr- items that 30 % MAZE up the sum
t,tsl snd few bluuders in the big items
mean f,ilure-sld here Is here eXpei-
,..cs counts. don't be chucsle-heade1,
and think Won know IL OH Whenever
,,, cets that idea, there's poor chance
fr hi4 meking "a successful farmer. or a
.u-e-s fol ANYTHING. for tbas matter. There
.-a raw ideas sud neF DethOds being
CONSTANTLY advanced and Dut m
IN prac ice. and che live
farmer must da on the lockout Tor any
and everything that Will be OF any value
ID, him. aud he must possess the Judgment
a,d disccfomcnt 60 decide Whist Deg Rooo
for him ard what IL bad. 81 many new
,,ti,r- sra advocated that are suited TO
.ome lCcslitis and not TO diners Du'
which are printed IN al the agricultural
Dsrers regardless that The farmer mus'
decide for him elt
Rnt one thing I an, sai'-hed shout, and
Chat is. tbsl whatever hue Of tarmlog You
decide upon. stick TO il. Thereby yOu
.,.io evoerieuce that CRADLES you TO toe
aver j., bsrd season successfully; and whet
a GOOD time comes You are prepared 10 tak'
foU advantage Of It Don't be ike
n-iphborof mine. very erraticspd cnao ge
able man. full of nOti0ns, and aiway+ pui
srirra fortune be sever overtHkes, ana al
,esv- bugi1g experience lie does 70. nee
The man iu question, when / hrst oecam'
aroBa uttd with him, had great Louoi
for sheep. magyar OF two sheep and voc
went down and mules vent up, so he SOLD
his sheep and invested M mules. Sooi
nul-s went down and horses vent up, q
he sacrificed bis males and bought horses
Tic was not long an horses were dull ant
hogs nm god demand Then an exeaang'
in hops was effected. Ntxtcattle appea e
better investment than hogs and b'
changed accordingly. and the latest ex
ehlr0s ,sss for cows cheese dairyins
and now hesr he IL haedug his cows % =
into bades knows only what. Aud 30 d
has been with his crops First all whea'
then an corn, then all Rrsss, OF may ID
garden truck, aud hls uneasy natuf,
shows itself other WAYS First be lived
Oh the rua a, tie foot Of the hill-then he
built house ou the ridge at one emu "l
the Disco. That didn't sutt, 30 this sum
mar h. nuilt another house. at the 0tne'
end of The farm and moved there. Three
residercss 90 one farm IA ten years TO my
certain knowle'cs Truly rolling stone
lad tie Indications are rot favorable ioF
MOSS gathering re planted an apple
orchard one neglected u go plant peach
orchard. and ths peaches were thrown
aside icr ptars.
Now this man is an extreme case but
be exists nevertheless, Ia &c ual fact, MOI
thousand miles from Wheeling HIS
horses. cows, hog- and sheep 81, lake pot
+ lack together la horse kicks a COW, o.
COW hooks a sheep 90 lies down on 3 p's'
or = hoy devcucs a lsmA or calf, it's 81
I 80 l1ct bad luck S1cb an idea as bad
enlargement never enters his head. We
I'M htow him. aui, Of course. it ein't yen,
,ad / hops on woa't think as
TIMOHY HANsEEp.