Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-09-02
DOES FARMING PAY,

lhc question f,cfofe TIE community al
the present time. seems to be this;
"pocs Farming rsyr' ! shaii take the
negative slde of the question, that IL
does no, pay as general thing. In pc
cunlary sense. There are exceptions to
all rules, and so We fini q few farmers
that have made Il pay, In some favored
localities. where they have had the ben
eft of war price., ar else had property
left them. aud being In good circum-
STANCES themselves, they will meet at
their club. and affirm that farming pays.
Now I will assert that t~o-thiris of the
farm. In H.catsquls county are mott
gagged, aud YOU cant take up the county
paper without seeing two or three notices
of foreclosure. of mortgages. Ani the
farmers work hard, aud they are obliged
Ia do something winters, cut and haul
wood. or else work cat by the mouth, la
opicr to pay their hills. Now u farming
pay. Why l. thl. .or There L. something
wrong somewhere. I am lnciiuci to
think that farmer. arr to blame In
gr-at measur. Tor their condition as u
exists to-day, for ever since the war
aboui every Que hs. be-n living on the
high pressure principle. ExirsNaganc-
!. the rulnitlOn ~ the people II this
country. For the last few years the
tlm-. ha,. been growing harder aud
hauisr, until now u would seem as
though Ne hsd reached q climax, aud
there woald be a reaction; LEI Va hope
So.
The past s.ason Ia. been hsrl one
for farmers la this loCslity, owing to
partial failure ~ crops; the grain crop
wss Poor, and pc,s,ce. wcrc almost q
failure. The farmer. have generally
had some po,aio-. Ia -sll each year to
help tb,m out some, but thl. year quite
a number vii have a. buy ss they dli
not rai.e enough for their own u.e.
,io not think that farmers ussSi Ia be IN
debt so much as they are nov (; they did
not farm on .o large q scale, aud what
ever they had around them they Owned,
as general thing. fhcsc line. would
apply Ia thsm;
-IIapty 4. a.. mas. Wis., ~ish sRi csv
~. ystrrusl ssr~- hount.
C.utsut b. bFssths tis nsii's alf
ou his osH xrvsnsi,- a.
Hut the farmer. ~ TO-DAY arr no, con-
tented ~ith a few paisrnsl scrc., theN
want In many case. all the lsni sD"ln-
Ing them. In my opinion there ar- too
many old horse. snd colt. Kept on the
farm; h~tief keep more sheep ani cos..
The.s horse. must have their feci aud "
". don't rsl.c enough NC must bay ".
There I. q constant drain II money GO
lng oat ~ the state for Western corn
and shorts. al.o for commercial frriillf-
er.. WHY. " the farmers could have th"
money they have paid out for these sri'-
che. they coald pay their debts The
Nay look at u, wr must raise our Own
pruVend.r. II we sant to live by fstu'-
log. b-cause II take. about all the money
~ can get Ia paw foe u, aud Ne dont
gyt our money back, at least that has
trcn NV exp.rirncr. some Que Viii .sy
that II sill buiid up the farm Ia buy aud
feed cut on u. 80 Il will, but u u co.i-
IN way ~ ballding up . farm, ani after
you get u built up perhaps some Que
slss may own IL.
The condition ~ the Western farmer
1. wor.. than here. know whefrof
affirm. ls..au.. I was cut there Last .r1-
.on. la the locality shcrr l sas, la
MInn@.ota, the farmer. wcrr all mort
gag-i up With hardly an exception.
they huy everything on time out th"rr
anl b, 80 doing they pay about one
thlr,I more IA IA they would N they had
p.Id the money down. II cost. . good
deal 10 fuTul.h the machinery to carry
on their farming operations With aud ~.
ter they g,t IL IA. II l. exposed To- the
ueathsT the year aroundl dee. no,
lsst long. aud consequently has I" IT, ~
plsccd With new. Why, II any Que
could .er the old machinery lying around
that have .--n. they Would not sondrr
that they wcrc hard az. They dei-nd
mostly on their What crop Ia pay their
deIt., aud II that .hould l'e partial
failure on. year. III. creditor. must walt
anI scc What another year ~lli bring
forth.
4 almost l.~lie,e that Il would h. bci-
tsf for the farmer. N there wcrr M cred
II ~ stem, IL l. 80 easy 10 run Ia debt,
bat not -o easy Ia pay, sni the great
troubl. With people to-day Il, they are
too willing Ia run Ia debt. do not
utite thl. to ilnd fault with thl. state,
or With farming. for beliey. that farm
Ing 4. the noble.t occupation that man
can be engaged la, II rightly managed,
bat am Amply trying to state the fact.
a. they exist. In regard to TAXATION, !
h-li.Ne the farmer. are unJusily taxed
A mean the common farmer. for every
thing that he has I. open Ia Inspection,
nothing I. hidden, aud where their farms
arr morigagci. (p-rhap. some of them
to pretty near their full yalue), they are
having iaN.. on other folk property.
i'erhap. thi. l. all right, bat can't see
Il In that light. What with taxes, In
terrst money, aud the farmer must live
some Way, who will say that be does
nat h.y. !. hard time Maine Farmer.