Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-10-18
CONTRASTS IN Mooss IN FAaM,No

CONTRASTS IN Moots IN FARMING
There are two words BY which men
estimate the liic-~ork of their fellows,
aud the verdict placed over against each
i., saec-.s or failure. This applies tn all
Glasses aud conditions Of men-perhsps
In no calling more than In farming. and
the question naturally arises, who IL the
successful fArnert In no way are We
at times better able 10 Judge bet we~n the
spurious and the genuine than by com.
pairing the two.
I once knew q man who In early life
purchased q farm, and he and hls young
wife began to make for themselves a
home. Ia time two bright children were
born. fhis young man Was q good
deal of a genius, and Was entirely ahead
of those about him In the Invention and
application of improved farm mschln-
cry; aud especially he excelled In
thorough tillsgc. \ fsvorite expression
of hi. used Ia be-''I am going to show
nv townsmen how to farm It." lie
began by plo~ing and sowing oats;
year after year u was oats, oats, oats,
pattlng nothing back upon the soli. as
he kept no stock except teams sufficient
10 do hi. work. What hay aud st'aw
sere no, needed Ia feed the teams was
sold. have been told by men In hls
employ that false holsters hlled with
lead and heavy aud light hay riggings
wer. used when they would serve his
purpose. For time he succ-~ied In
growing fine crops of oats, owing, as I
nov believe, To his thorough tiilsge.
Grain, hay aud straw were sold until
the farm vas paid for, aud some were
ready a. .sy. "he has made . succe-s
after ALL"
Hut let us follow them to the cnd.
About this time the tide turned. Crop.
proved q failure, aud expenses could
not - met. Money Vas hirci Ia meet
balls. Soon after the husband died. The
boy, who had grown Ia = young msn,
tried for a time Ia gvt along by shooting
~ooichuck., attending rsff,e., etc, bat
found u uphill business. AZ length he
committed forgery aud ended hi. day.
In Auburn prison. The mother soon
died. the daughter married, and the
farm Was sold under mortgage.
Hut a short distance from this farm
lies another, ~ no better .oil naturally
In fact, st the time of which ] first
write Il ~as considered much the poorer
oi the t~o. The owner bcgan by taking
q small field. carefully working u over,
emo,ing the surplus stonc-, which
w.rc put Into . good substantial fence.
4. mesn. permitted, underirsins wsr.
laid snd waste places rel lined, aud
every business Transaction VAS an honor
able one. Ia. farm continued to lm-
prove la ferlility. until u L. to-day Que
of the beat. With good buildings, fields
tcn,c,i, with good walks, all clean aud
~.ll kept. \ large family of children
grcw up. Ani have gone out To- hccome
useful. honorci citizens. This ! call
.ucc.ssful farming.
\ carcfal study of th. different
.ysi.m. II diarying will furnish exam
plrs ~ both .ucy-ss and failure. In the
samc ucighhorhood are two farms az
nearly alike In quality of soll a. YOU
all gcnrrtlly hnd. Tscuty-ive years
ago they each kept twelve COWS aud \
team. One own-r kept hl. COWS doing
nothing during the winter exccp, m,n-
af,Cturing IN. hsy-mow into msnur-,
~hich "a. thrown out under the caves
20 th. harm. the liquid b-ing gotten rid
- hy boring augvr holes through the
door, which .tood up some three i-st
from the ground, 80 a. Ia give free cir
culaiisn IL air underneath. The plg-T-n
sAs located over the brook, so that ans
accumulailons frum II would - washed
away aud al Kept clean. w fertilizer
szs ever purchassSi, noisiihsiabding
good deal 20 grain vas grosn cn hill
lots, Nbcv Il AS dlficult a. ct barn
m.nar.-in fact. there "a. little man
ar. Zoe sny plac-. To-day the farm
!. Only able "a ke.p ten coSs and
team. I,asiar-s arr bsfrrn, builiinss
pfc.sni tumbl--lo~n appearance, and
the chllirvn lsok upon the farm As
god plsc- frDm shlch to se' away.
lIow u Il ~ith ths n~ighhoFing fsfm'
Jgsi N. egpesiis In everything has becn
oiisin-,l- Cs~. ~sTv kspt st ~ofk tea
mouth. In IN war warm stables pFOStd-
s,l xhsrs co~. sispd upon the ground
80 no cold air couli come under thsn
suttsrs ~sr. ballt in which all excrr-
meat, tsnth solli aud llqali. "a. say~i,
by the 49, 20 plenty 20 ab.otbing mate
risl, aud al drs~n and spread upon the
Land a. fa.t AZ made. In plg-I-ns
.fr, provided ~iih tight fcor. sloPlng
toSsrd q mAharr vat. Into which ~er,
cafied an ahaniancc 20 anything that
could D. obtained, such q. s"is. Weeds
from fvnc. CORNERS. damaged strss-in
.hort. anything that ~ould absorb ard
hip Co keep ths Porksr. clean. Th-
manurv fruin ths horse stable WAS not
throsn oat In a pile Ia h-Come hr--fsng- |
III ani worthless, bat us@i In the COW |
stables 90 plggrry, IA absorb liquids. I
Ipon this farm have bcrn erected large /
barn. aud comfortable out-bulldlng.. a |
modern dwelling stand. In place of the /
old ons instsad ~ blackberry briers
aud Nceis that u.ci Ia abound, no bcr- |
rie. can b. found outside the patch of
cultivated ONES, aud clean fields ar. /
s~n. Instead 20 twelve COW. proiuc- |
Ing Us lb.. of butter each, there are
forty cows ~lth Yield of 80 lhs. each. |
let 40 one .ay thl. IL a fancy sketch,
for Il Il but one of number of Instance. !
from life that could be- given.
10 sum II az, .ucce.s Ia any calling /
mean. the betteriug Of existing condi- !
tion., the lifting of those about us Ia
higher plane, and so Ia perform and
complete the work given IA 10 do, that |
fnally of u. Il may be aid, "~ell done"