Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-06-17
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Trt FARMERS DISADVANTAGES

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Trt FARMERS DISADVANTAGES.
The causes which cbstrvct the prosper.
/ hy ~ IN. New England farmer arr either
unnoticei or bat partially undcrsiooi b,
/ tlllsrs of the soil. II L. supposed each
practical, industrioa. farmer a.id. "a
/ the wealth 70 the cOuutry about nine
hundred dollars annually, While he save.
Zoe HI. own living only about three or
fur. The residue falls Into the hands
% trsde.men, professional men. manufsc-
turrrs ~ spe,ulaiors, ~ho eat NJ In lille
uess y hat other- earn. Couli the prod
ucis II labor b. equally distributed thsr-
Soud he comparatively few destitute
Somen and Children langul.hlng tor the
common nc-cs.aris- of life.
The srience ~ agriculture advanced
bat SLOW IL down the step. ~ ages until
the dawn II the 18th crutury, when the
Inventive genius II the meyhanlc and the
xiii ~ the chsnist wcrr awakened Ia
the Importance of making our sterile
iand- more prcsiucti,c. aud a. facilitate
and mske easier the obi pr,s-~ss of fsrm-
ing The chemist sni m'Vhsnic have
t-vn NJ work Tor the lsst half crutury,
the former In providing Fertilizers for
exhausted soils. and the latter Ia haven't
lug machinery io take the place % man
nal labor snd Improve thu former meth
ole a cultivation.
The introduction 20 many new varieties
"a c,lihlrs. the Improvement In cattle.
horses, .he-p and swine. the wonder
Gal implements to facilitate the farm
er's work. brought into uss the mower
substituted Zoe the .cythe. the reaper In
plscv % the hand sickle. the thrr.her
instead 20 the isil, Together With all
the othrr lahor--aVing machinery. have
Nrought = change In the system of hus-
handry whlsh relieve. the 'snsr 10 his
burdens. increase. hi inCome and ai.
fur,is him ample time tor uicnial culiurc
and social inicrcours~
Notwithstanding the better sdSan-
tagvs - agriculture At th. prrssnt dsy,
Try.harg. ons ~ m. hcst farming towns
in oli ONfnrti. has dNlniled frum ts3
POLL. o. a. in the past four YEAR,, simply
he,auss the incume from their farms
l. insufiicvui o. meet eNurhitant take.
aud family sNfsnsrs hat Increased
hv a murc Custly mode ot living. The
sams causes arv AZ work AL over Nes
Engl,nd. hsuc, th- Traveller every Shere
.s,s dllapidstei dNslliugs, farms de-
serted. the ocCupants seeking more profii-
able hasinss. in other NoCatlons.
fartnsrs arr somewhat responsible
fnr thls 'unihfifty state 10 hushtniry.
M~r,ha hsV, their hoari 10 trade, doc
too. have thsir m~,iicsl assochilon. AL
othrr class~s 20 working men have effect
L.. -
~slfare. hui'ths psor farmer. With the
gNcsption uf here snd there grangr,
struggle. alone against adverse fortune,
ths hur,isns imIosssi by unjust ani un-
egusl taxation. togvth.r With th" eN"Fhi.
tant duty sni enormous profits sNacie,i
on ever, article ~ family uss. Among
the ss,en or eight millions 10 farmer. ln
~. Iniiei states Il seldom ocvurs that
one 20 r,snd lrgal attainmsut l. found,
either in Congrrss or state lsgisltiurr.
For this rvtson legislation calculated
o. tsnsdt ths farmer l. n-gi~ctri. Will"
aus IN favor of rsllfuad. maguatcs and
manufacturing monoPoil.is arr never
omitted.
Asa sample 20 thu many Drawback.
against the farmer. aud op-Tating Ia
favor 20 other classr., call the aiirnii"n
q M. resilrr o. one Important pf"iuct
~ ths farm. I'otsio-. raised In oil oN-
ford thc past yrar Srrv worth I" IN"
farmer drv crnts hushel AZ tls'
,i.I-,t y hrn delivered here twenty-five
mil,. ssuihsast % B0.iou, iheN wrr"
.old o. The consumer 20 one dollar p"f
hu.h~l thus the railrpad oNuers ani
gr,.cvr. make q. much out of th- opera
tiau asth. hushandman svts w buNing
Fertilizers, pltnting. hocins hghiins 80
tsto hug.. digging sn,l ctriiug i've 80
~ mil,.. o. market. Nany other ariirl~s
~ thruugh the same Commrrvial proves
AMI Weld q gr.strr pruht to Ga" miiilc-
man than o. him sho iill. the .s,il.
n sgricuhurtl Journal. Instead 81 pub
Itching Over anI Over az ,in Nh,i every
firnrr knows ~ hi own eNprrinc,,
would hisi t,,ini oat hoS the hushlni-
man 1. rahl,~,i IL al. etruinss Ia Zurich
other. Living IN afiiurncr, thsn prrscril'e
a prp,sr rvtn~ly. The time would n",
p. f.r distant Vhrn the traveller N"ahi
no lons,r bshald ulin-i hom-.icad-, de-
.~rt~,i fsrms aud a discouraged teomtnrl
.truggling against commercial, -"cisl aud
t-plliig.l disadysntsgvs which noS t"-si
thsm on every siis.
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