Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-10-26
From the Outlouk.1

selling agent in New York. ! will send over
pals into which You may measure the Dor
rle-. and you are saved tie cost of boxes.
packing. crates. cXpressag" and commission.
You ought to deduct this from the mnrkct
price TO me in New York. for that price
would include the cost of selling hy the
grocer. and hi, profit. with which you have
nothing to do" The man looked perfectly
indignant. and absolutely refused to consid-
cr any price but the retail price in New
York. The lady thorough business wo-
man. repeated this experience with eight
| growers within walking distance before She
could find one who saw the injustice of add
inG costs which he did not pay TO the price
for product, which were sold with only the
cost of cultivation and picking, with Il fair
advance as profit
Deserted farm, in the Eastern and Mid
die States ar" so important a. to figure in
statistics. Advertisements appear in real
estate columns in the newspapers in which
the words deserted farms" are printed in
capital, to attract tnoattcntion Of men look
ing for summer homes. Farming has I've
come 50 Improbable in the East that it is a
subject for the orator The dn,crtiou of the
/ farmer 10y the farmers boys. amt with equal
| truth it might be added girls. is also theme
for them
Farmers do not give the best opportunities
! TO their children. nor do they often offer to
| them opportunities for earning money Not
| because they cannot b" offered but because
the farmer is governed 10y tradition and fails
To see his opportunity in nearby markets
for raising produce hat would be salab"
there The same hu-inos, principles that
hold good in other busincssc, hold good in
| farming: Find the greatest need CONNER
cially, of the community. and work to Sc
cure that trade ai the least cost in selling
There comes to mind now rocky. sterile 80
acres of land that yielded th, year 30 tons
of haY-a coal.o. WeoGV-lOoking stuff that
could not be -old i'll any market. That
farm overlooked a summer community of 80
persons, who ilund il almost impossible to
get either cG-- or chickens. The owner Of
that farm wa, able to sell one dozen eggs
after collecting the product of her poultry
yard for three days And thi. REPRESENTED
the comprehension of the whole farming
region of their opportunity to secure ready
money. The railroad was from seven to II
miles away. yet every summer this bcauti-
full country woue, hundreds of the lovers of
freedom and nature. who live on tough meat
and canned goods because they must The
farmer will mot cultivate vegetables. small
fruits. or poultry, for which there !, an open
market that would mean ready money |
Gov Flower, i'm his speech before purticu- !
larlN int IliL,A, farming community. point |
ed ont the folly of the Eastern farmer, try |
ing to compete with his great Western rival. |
lie must change his methods to meet the |
change in conditions. Every farmer in the /
State ought to profit by this speech. extract, |
of which have appeared IN the papers Gov.
Flower closed by saying
The urban population is increasing at u
very rapid rate. Millions of people must he
fed. Their tastes and wants are Increasing
every year. Their ability to satisfy these
tastes and wants is increasing every year.
Let lis give up the old crops and methods
that have been proved unprotitablc and i'm
poNorlShnE, and take up new crops whose
production is profitable, and study new
methods which science and the application
OF business principles to agriculture have
shown to result ineconomy anda large mar
gin of profit Instead of Il discomaGng and
prontleHs occupation, agriculture can be re
stored TO its ol-tmc splendor as an honor
able and rrmmcratvc pursuit.
1t is appalling to think Of what country
boys and girls endure to gain a livelihood in
our great citic,-p'ivations that they gladly
endure because hope is always before them
of success. attainment The same energy
and ambition expended on the home farm,
the same determination to meet the oppor-
tunite9 IN their own homes, would save the |
home farm from theauctionecr shaumer, on |
thedecnyof desertiOn. and give them freedom |
ana independence that the city rarely gives. |
There Is no miracle in succe~s. 1t always |
means intelligence well applied To surround |
ing conditions. Farmers their wives sons. |
and daughters will find farming profitable
when they cater TO the wants of the nearest |
community that can be made dependent up |
on them for the greatest number of its wants. |
The first open market, with the least cost in |
selling, should he the motto of evXy farm. |
y suggestion Of the governors, both feast |
Bile and practicable, /, that of cooperation |
To secure common advantages. such as build |
lnS cold storage buildings for fruit, that it |
might be held Tor the higher prices of the |
winter season, Some one has wisely said |
That cooperation is proof of the intelligence |
OF those combining effort, products, or
money. \ farming community, where hay |
was about the only product, numbered |
among its inhabtant, "A farmer who read, |
ana moiited by what he read, The out
come Of one line of thought resulted in the
establishment of II cooperative creamery. |
The making of butter is trade; the maker |
Is proficient, not because she is IA farmers |
Wlle, but because She knows how. This man |
saw the advantage of securing a skilled |
dalrNman and his wife to make all the but
ter made in the region, Profits for all were
to depend ON the product sold, not the prod |
uct made. reliable agent looked after
the dairy interests in New York, and the |
drudgely Of butter-naking was taken of |
the already burdened shoulders of the farm |
ers wives, skilled and unskilled The pro
Ject failed because the contributing or CO. |