The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-08
THE FARM,
GOOD ADVICE TO THE FAR
MERS.
WORTH NEEDING.
WHAT'S TIE MATTER WITH TIE
FARMER !
American PiTmer.l

iAmeTican iTmer.)
Not one ia one hundred can solve
the problem The farmer has not
grown il the past five years an,
crop that would Justify and meintslu
the comforts OF this life. Ask the
farmer his profits on any cereal be
may produce: nine times out of ten
be is unable to answer the question.
Many a farmer rushed early potatoes
in the market. Eighty cent potatoes
be thought wonderful, but take into
consideration that the mani he sold TO
was deriving a greater profit with
his expense and labors than the pro
Queer. You deliver the retailer tea
busht Is every day he sells at Si.20,
or 40 cents profit, sixty bushels per
week, you receiving S4S, the retailer
$24. 1t has cost the farmer, counts
ing his labor and seed, interest and
tax $50 TO produce the sixty bushels
OF pota toes. This is a low estimate
as time, and space will not admit Of
full analysis of all expenses item
lied. This is only one of the many
crops produced at loss. Let any
man speak Of the facts. and the stu
alton Of the farmer, and be is COZ
sidered q crank. Every farmer at
the end Of the season. meGn the
practical farmer-should ask him sell
the vital question; Have | made
rythlng above bare living? II,
wien his crops are gathered and
sold, his debts are paid and every
thing squared up at the close Of the
year, he finis himself no better oil
financially than when be began 90
the first of last January, while the
man that bought his products has
realized handsome profit, and the
farmer has furnished him with the
chief subsistence of this life for less
than it required to produce it, it is
time to call halt and see what is
the matter. Farmers should follow
the example Cf the merchants. Foot
and balance your books. Every
farmer sshoald keep day book, q
ledger, and general record of all
work done, money spent, time lost
crops raised, what they cost, and
what each cold fol, and the net prof>
its. Keep ont of politics. hut vote
for the beet mar, regardless of party.
Do your own thinking and if justi-
feble vote accordingly.
Let the city n IN carry your torch
and keep your self in the dark.
am becoming more and more conyin-
ced each year, that our slack and
unbrsiness-like methods CT farming
are greater cause Of hard times
and poor farmers, than any other
reason. We do not usually give
our occupation half The attention
aud thought it deserves, bat allow
Others to intercede. We should
study every detail of onr calling and
profit by our mistakes, which are
bound to come. Count the cost of
preparing the land, fertilizers ap-
piled ard the cost of preparing tie
land. Fertilizers applied and the cost
OF planting, cultivating gathering,
and marketing each crop raised in
1891 Lack OF capital - the great
trouble with the majority OF farmers.
1t han pers them in both buying and
selling as they are at tie mercy OF
those with whom they have to deal
After carefully making the calcals-
ton ard thinking over the result
and he sure you are right-:f you
find your crop has brought you out
in debt, or barely even, you should
set about immediately to do one OF
four things, viz: lessen the cos,
of productions, Increase the yield
per acre, increase the selling price.
or raise some other crop for 1892
| A FARMER.