Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-04-21
lAao. on suAll FARMS

10 NfitluE on thls lhllfs at aNA'
that th.rv are tNo side. o. the question,
for some men have tast. for lsrg,
farms aud husin-.. capacity Ca manage
thru. knos also that large farm
will keep expensive machinery more
fully employed than q small On~, aud
vet thr mott succ~s.iul hrming ! have
ever .s.n has t-rru on small farms, ani
in m, oNn practiC- the mast profitable
anI pI~asaui farming ever did Nas on
a farm 20 On actvs. \ majority ot farm
rrs. think, haY, too many acr-s, ani
NuuH make morr money and de- les
hard aork " part ~ their and Sas
.nli aui the money Invested In lmpruN-
Ins the acrrs lcit l. not the farm too
large Nh.n u badly nc',i. unisrlfalnlng
aud tie osusf has no capital With Nhich
Ia DO its-or Nh-u the .toyk l. ill bred.
or the hulliing. poor snd incouNcnicni,
bccauss the osncr cannot Improve either
Nlthout running la dsbtt Many farm.
~. act a. though they c"nsiicr,si the
great obi-yt la life to D. 1" lie po..css"i
of many acrv., while undoubtedly u
ought rather io D. Ia ENJOY comfort a.
they pass along the Journey.
IhsNc had a chance to contrast the
large and small farm. Ia some extent thc
pact winter, aud have b-cn confirmed
In th. opinion that a. a rule the man
with a email farm has lcs. care aud a
larger I-r cent oi profit than Que With a
large farm. Vi.i,ci a farm of l,tn
acre. Ia Que of the be.t counties la Ohio
aud learned that to run thl. farm " wAs
n.c-.saTy "a keep three hird msn-bc-
.lir. tenants and tso hirci girl., max
Ing family ~ fourteen. The family
butrhefing va. "a D. done the next day
ani the ONBet told me that u required
- hogs Ia furnish pork for hi. family.
There "a. no lct-up la the work, sum
mer ot winter, but all winter long,
~h.thsr II Nas cold, vet. muddy or
.hoNery, the teams must 20 to the nclds
for fodder for the cattle. ou farm ~
thi. Ire thcrr l. lo.. Of time la draw
Ing iu crup.. taking Out manure, ani Va
getting around Ia feed the different lots
Of .toCk aud the owner cannot give that
t--r.onal attention to details which the
oaner of small farm can, and q. CON
sequence there must b. innumerable
small Losses which aggregate large
sum. visited another farm of over .oO
acrr., where feeding cattle for beef with
hoss to follow them was the leading In
t.f,.t. founi fifty steer. la feed lot
foIIowc,i by s.,enty-hy. hog., aud a.
there had been sudden thaw, followed
by a heavy rain. cattle aud hog. must
he dOsn Ia the mud, aud learned that
the cattle had gained bat forty-hsc
pound. each the prcylou. month, though
ihey had eaten half bushel of corn
each per day. This farm !. la many re-
.pects admirably managed, but with
over one hundred horses aud cattle u
sceme,i next la impos.lble Ia give them
the care aud shelter that could be given
ou a smaller farm, aud the work must
90 on year Ia AMI year out, Ia all wealth
er. aud tiI.re IL no question that there
mu.t be waste aud losses under such
mana grment which are easily avoided on
a small fsTm.
The man Who manage. small farm,
fr.t. to supply hi. family all he possibly
can for their support aud comfort, aud
then chooses wisely some speciality Tor a
money product. will as rule be found
pro.perou. even Ia hard times. have
not met a butter specialist al the in.ii'
tutr. the past winter Who has complain
| ei of hard times. have known poultry
farm. run at q handsome profit, and
yariou. .pccialtlcs which have brought
comfort ani competence to their owners,
The family with full supply of fruit-,
vegetables, poultry aud dairy products
meat. and br.ad-.iufi. supplied by th,
farm, aud which ha. little surplus of
each Ia dispose of to pay bills, can i've
easily aud comfortably on small hrm,
and u M not nerd 10 cultivate a great
b,eadth To meet expenses, for these car
bs kept down to a low limit. IL IL not
the acre. We cultivate, nor even tbs
bushels of grain produced. that deter
mine the profit of farming, hat the mo.'
important factor of all l. the art Of pro
duction, aud next Ia that !. the wisdom
With which We feed aud sell the products
of the farm. .
A common mistake AMI one which Of
ten means lifelong bondage for tb'
farmer aud his wife, u Ia buy a SECOND
farm after they reach middle HE, and
run In debt for part OF II aud Increase
their care. aud labor without increasing
the net profits. To any farmer eontem
plating Increasing his acres when he y
out Of debt and mskiog good living,
would give the same advice that i'unci
did about marrying - "Dost. ~
man. life consisteth not Ia the abun
dance Of the things which he possesseth.
Cor. Country Gentleman.