Smyrna times., 1895-01-16
Does Farming Pay in Delaware ?

10 me Editor Of The Smyrna Times
Inc question that ia embodied in the
above head line may be answered
elmer IN the affirmative or negative
ana the writer, having had long prao
ice ana studious experience, is enabled
10 point out why farming does and will
pay, and why it will not and does not
pay. 50 many young men who under.
take TO engage in the operation of
farming make failures.
The affirmative. or that f,rDoi,o,
does and can be made to pay. will firs1
be considered aud presented in snch a
cIear ana distinct manner as that anv
OF your readers may comprehend the
why's ana the "hereiores" that farm.
ing does and does not pay. A man
having sufficient money to buy farm
eHglbly located with good tenant
aole dwelling house, aud fairly good
out0ulldings thereon and sufficient
money to pay for the requisite agricuI-
tural implements and stock, such a.
horses or mules and cows of the hest
grade, together with sufficient monev
as working capital to pay for labor
and necessary incidentals, all of which
are absolutely requisite, coupled with
which he must have intelligence and a
knowledge of how to grow and what
TO grow that will be the most Drof,-
able, and where and how to market To |
the pest advantage. A man engaging |
10 the pursuit of agriculture with these |
prerequisites, can and will have a bet.
ter nome, better family living. with |
horses and carriage to drive for DIaos.
ure, to church on Sundays or to town
TO transact his business. besides a enr
plus OF money for Investment all of
which may be obtained for less monev
invested than the capacity or mental
oolIl'y OF me man can obtain in the
pursuit OF almost any other business or
occupation. Deep ploughing. good
anu IuiI manuring, clean and thor
ough cultivation, are absolutely essen
Clai Tor successfully growing ali crops.
fruits or vegetables and those farmers
VINO neglected these absolute rt0uisites
ana substitute phosphate or other in.
gradients, cannot make more than a
partial success in the occupation thew
are engaged, and, as a result, they saw
no money in farming, or farming don't
pay. The experience and observation
Ot the writer is, that the larger ma. ,
OrIty OF men engaged In agricultural !
pursuits could not have anything like ;
ls good home comforts, their table AS !;
'ountifully supplied with meat, poul.
ry, butter, eggs aud vegetables. as
hey could if engaged in such other I
business or occupation as their mental =
'oillty would enable them to engage
q, for 1t must be kept steadily in mind
hat large majority of farmers in
delaware labor under the disadvan- y
age OF not having any schooling, or n
cry limited education, and verv =.
many well-tO-dO farmers do not under. u
tand how to keep accounts of their
transactions, and therefore do not r
eep any. 1
A farmer was asked how mucb
money his cows would yield to him E
1eekly in milk delivered to the cream II
ry. lie seemed surprised at the Oues. n
on and finally stated he "hadn't kent
o account" When asked how much r,
gallon of milk would weigh, he re.
lied by saying his cans held lust five =.
allons and If he didn't skim the creon, I'LL
u, each can weighed fifty pounds =.
sked how much the creamery maid III
II milk his reply was that for tba M
onth of May he got So cen,o
hundred pounds. Figuring it out for 60
m he was getting but 8 sin of sh
mt gallon he seemed, judging from
5 look, surprised that he was feedimn
$ COWS, getting out of bed about ( ,
clock A. NJ, to milk them, and waa Mi
ceiving next to nothing for his mill lai
say nothing of his feed and labor of hol
liking and time consumed going to
d from the creamery. W era
This is but one instance of MANY nay
ry many, similar cases, aud NAV ties
regarded as onelamOng many Others ma,
y farming does not pay.
3ut the main reason why FARMING n
% not pay the men engaged in :, c.a
many and various and the san gro gro
sons govern all failures by persons tbe