Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-01

Won can. hut leave the capital ms ih sim
piy even handed Justice 90 the soil But
we have not only drawn the interest but
percentage of the capital wear after year.
till % has resulted M the too general com.
plant of run down farms is 1t not time
a. call a halt and seriously consider whittier
We are trendiuc. and what will be the con
sequences Boy and boy ] do not say that
farmers of go years ago would not have
done iust what we are doing had they lived
Iu our time But would It not Doe well To
return Co some of their methods. and live
from the proceeds of the farm as far a>
possible They raised hav and used 1t all
on the farm they raised potatoes and fed
them TO the swine. In these respects they
were wiser and better farmers than we are
today But YOU say there was then no mar
ket for nav and potatoes. which Is true .
but that does not affect the principle We
are discussing boz the least
No longer ago than 50 wears and within
the memory of some of as here, farmers
kept all the stock their farms would carry,
varying from ten head on small farms to 20
or 800 on larger but it Is not so now a
farm In our days that carries ten head of
cattle - or 30 sheep and pair of horses
Us considered pretty well stocked
selling hay Is the greatest source of soil
eAhhuHJinh I'D Maine To-Day IL seems 10 Toe
an easy ana ready way OIL obtaining montN
h"u' "hlcH cost YOU N-u' u Is worth gu,
ana N"" sell 10 Tor SO cash III hahd. You
t'' Ihr money HulchIN' nut u Is "a losing
operation ana Do Won conducted business
on IH'7 hhsio You Would soon run uhher' un
ie7- YOUR money hei1 out IKE Ihe WHO"
"'- "u are quite sure YOU are ulhh!u-
money 10y selling hay at $40 "a ton but
when 10 t- considered that "a ton of hay
costs. on an average, from SUI To ST. the
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9eIH"t nay from our farms is m"Herl
rr"'i'r WehiN I'VE wears ago there mad
never hrrn TON OBJ nay pressed Tor sale h'
lar H- hn"" 90 tine Tow "i 'hitN nA
h"'l'' low" lheIe certainly hhd MOT I'D i"A
phli 'I ihr town where hVea but nov
lt io common thing all through the town
Farmers have reduced their stock ana Nrl
surplus nay trusting That the Mite ph'-
phale thrN use "lll hii the dthrlenrN oi Ter
untN caused 10y selling OIL lhe NAY.
western farmers are pursuing the SAM
tAhhuSuNr r"li'N. ana their yearly crop
h'r ThphIF hrrfehslhL IN amount, ana th'
value oil ian" ls drpreclhtlhe ~ proportion
lh' '"HHlIl"h "I western farmers il TAI
WORSE IMAM ours ana onrS Is had enough
We are h"l htaNilN hnrtgagea' ana nehrI
W. per cent oil the hliers oil land oil Nam
AR" owners "i tine land they cultivate.
Tact winch cannot be sad OF any othe
state or TERRITORY IN the Union. cur farm
ers are not "ealihN-men never get rich a
farming nut lhey are better on than thei
western hrntherS they I'VE better an
nave more OF Inc comforts ana enjoyment
OF ME
But the lack of these Is only a small liter
in their depiorahle condition They ar
carrying today burden, an enormous huI
den under which they must inevitabi
sink there is no possibility of escape. Ihei
farms are so henvilv mortgaged that it
simply an impossibiitv 10 clear them, and
Is only a question of time, and 1t may not b
long either. when the farms Of the wester
states will be cultivated hv a tenantrv D.
stead of farm owners We here IN Nam,
who own our farms. have no idea of III
Indebtedness of western farmers 10
doubtful If the farms in OHIO would sell 1,
day for what they are mortgaged One ,
the state assessors of New York SAYS 81
"A few decades. m my opinion there will /
none hut tenant farmers in the state
some of the states are appealing to the le.
islatures for assistance But / can see !
way hv which even the legislatures can he
them They can lerislate for their fntul
benefit. but they cannot anuul and mai
void IA legal contract Why. the intere
ON these farm debts Is astonishing bevor
measure Twenty one men counting
the rate of lG per minute for ten hou
a dnv every dnv except SUNDAYS. cam
count the interest as fast as II accrues &
these farm mortgages
Don't 20 INTO the western states To sett
down at farming without money. II v,
have money enough % nav down for
farm. intending buildings. farming mach
cry horses and other stock the farm m,
need Won are all right so far. You e.,
certainly raise your bread and meat cheap
there than here. but further than tins y,
are mo- better off than we are here in in
not So well of
Raising corn and hauling IL 10 market f
from eight To 10 cents bushel is not a We
encouraging business When it Is consi
cred that 10 keen the soil M 10 the sar
standard of production Won must return
IL about IA. cents worth of fertiiizers +
svarv bnsbal of corn il nroduces the
dpcement to raise corn for eight 10 IA cen
A bushel is not very hattering
According Ia an ANALYSIS nov, before n
there ar. pounds of potasb re NOM
If nbosnhoric acid and al nounds of mir
can i'm M bushels of corn These mate
ols at the neual prices amount T., si- ,
which is eouivaient IN 3lt cents "a busb
Take the other tmportant crnp ,yheat r.
erv busbel of wheat produced from the $
removes fertility valued as above vyor
3gl cents nearly During the five Yea
nrecedipp 1890 the AVERAGE value of wine
tbrou,,boiit the country was "a 40 Ger
rar husbel I'm the western states of win
we mr., now speaking. the price would
Iesst than I'm. because i'm the eastern stat
tine value is CONSIDERABLY higher. and RAJ,
rho ,,anaroI averap. But rackoninf, IT.
the ,aneraf avarage thar. yyouId rama
for the use of the land labor etc IA ~ I
c..nts for avarv hushei raised bpri
these five wears. from 1854 10 1855 inc
sive the average Weld of wheat per nc
,,ss II $40 bushels This frives for the ,
of the acre tax. cultivation and handll
the crop Il 90 BASED an these tive We,
the outlook for wheat raising IN the caste
state. Is moi VERY, encouraging
I.et ms apain refer To the corn crou
tbis is the great crop of the narlou Ian d
former remark, we took the value of ca
as IL ruled last vear nm certain states
will now take the same five wears we ,
for ,yheat burlnr these wears the avera
price of corn Der bushel. taking the win
country was 3G 30 cents. and the avers
WELD per acre was "a l-lO bushels
Quoting the cost of fertilizers. "a , cen
and all have " . cents over ON one bush
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