Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-05-14

own loo
seed in our own r.
from ell such ways o.
er business men, make I[br |
what il Is worth. We mt E1bine and |
make all others respect us, which they are
bound to do; they cannot do without rs.
think that these and other things. rs mis-
management of our county sffiars. high |
taxes, tariffs, trusts and combines, are all
against Us; let rs up and At them This Is
what i the matter with farmers.
WHAT Is THE MATTER WITH THE FAR
MER
BIZ WIgiam A. Hammoad.
The above question is q "eorker," and
will admit of quite lengthy discussion,
but win try to be as short as possible,
and at the same time tell youa few things I
know Of his short comings.
have travelled over q great portion of
the farming country Of Maryland, Pennsyi-
vania, Virginia and Delaware and must
say that the farmers Of Southern Mary
land, so far IS can judge, are away be-
hind all the rest
In the first place. We see9it 70 lack ener.
~ and push, and secondly, We sadly lack
system.
You may go through Pennsylvania and
will guarantee you viii not see any farm
ers lounging around country stores play
ing cards and drinking whiskey. They
have not the time to spend in such way !;
they are at home doing something as there
is always something to be done on tho
farm. These people work. The saying is
that "you cannot keep working man
down." and, I am sure this viii hold good
in the farmers case.
Our lands are good-the climate is suita-
BILE for such crops as we grow. We have
good markets. Now, why can't we make
some money and keep our heads above
waterg "The fault Is not in our stars,
dear Brutus, but in ourselves that we are
underlings" Now then, lat us get right
down to the many causes of our delinquen-
cy. Our farms are too large. 100 acres OF
good, arabic land we'll worked will pay
more than double that quantity Of land
worked as most of us do.
Let us keep the ox-caris off the roads
An ox-team is good enough in its place
and that place is on the farm. When we
send to the mill for a little meal, we send
:. a man with an ox-team. If the mill bt
. six miles away the man is gone all day
| and his valuable .;rnn Z. svar& ~, .ha ,oad
How much better il would be TO send your
wagon cud horses, get your meal and come
home and spend the balance Of the day
doing on the farm what ought to be done
This may seem a small item, but it count:
all the same.
Why can't we have good cows? Two
good cows will yield more butter and mill
than four such cows as we generally have
and only eat one half as much?
Why do we pillow three small horse'
when two good sized horses Will do thu
same work and not cost US as much tc
, keep?
Why do we feed hogs, trying to make
, them weigh 1900 lbs, when hogs would
weigh the same and not cost anything like
as mucha ! will tell you Why we do this
tits simply because we are not progressive
we are too easily satisfied.
I took drive with our friend Mr.. Leo
Wathen last week. He told me he had
written quite an article on this subject and
ii would take him at lea Hhour and
forty-fve minutes to rea1 nder the
circumstances will ST wan,
to get home tonight, a1 ne time
r listen to Mr.. Wathen's vi; bcument.
In conclusion, / would % To make a
success Of farming or any other occupation
you have got to put your whole energy
ana force in 1t and get up and hustle.
May 8, 1891.
After partaking of refreshments kindly
served by our host and hostess, the Club
adjourned.