The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-27

in the near future you will see more bus
mess men investing in farms as a matter
OF profit and safety. In fact, a good deal
Of this has been done already. A farmer
on his own farm ought to do as well as
this. or better, and he can, as rule. II
he will farm on business principles and
give the farm credit fairly for all it does
for him.
A remark made by T. Hanson at veeders-
burg institute has come into my mind sew
eral times since. He is a reader of the
p. F. He came seven miles to the meeting,
with his wife and two small children, and
they stayed to the night session, too. and
-he was back early the next morning. These
friends are bound to succeed. They bought
80 acres of land at $50 an acre some years
ago, and are gradually paying their way
cut. This was the remark: Il can make
IS now as easily I did 81 at first" So it
Is with a man who goes at farming in the
right way. 1t is hard at first to get start
ed, very hard, but it goes easier and easier
as we get everything right. All the manure
saved gives us more plant food, and then
larger crops that make more manure to
feed more crops, and 80 on. And drainage
works In the same way. We get larger
crops, which make more manure, ETC., and
so with extra tillage, ETC., etc. Don't get
discouraged, my friends, if the dollars
come hard now Push on till $ comes as
easily as 81 now does.
One of the planks in my matrimonial
platform is that husband and wife should
always consult together about any large
OUTLAWS of money. Thousands of men
would be better off today if they had
talked the matter over with their wives
and obtained their consent before going
into any speculation or endorsing for
some friend. The husband has no moral
right to run risks of this kind, with
money his wife has helped him earn, with
out first consulting with her. We should
always talk over our business affairs with
our wives, SO they will have a general
knowledge of what is going on. In case
of our death they will not be so entirely
helpless then. And then the judgment Of
two is better than that of one. One Of
the more prominent men in Indiana said
at an institute in regard to this point
Years ago I signed bond for friend
without consulting with my wife. When I
got home and told her about it she said:
YOU ought not to have done that
Later on when 1 had 1000 to pay I was
sorry 1 had not consulted with her before
taking the risk, as it was only right that
l should. SEES
At Dana Qnd) Institute, Rev. j. E.
Wright in his opening address said: 1--WE
have got to make an acre of land produce
more or learn to live on less" Is not this
exactly true? Are not many farmers liv-
ing on less than they ought to, having
less of the comforts and luxuries of life
than is their due? This is the shape we
situated doubtless, now. We were bound
to have these comforts-to live about as
we'll as any one This was accomplished
by making an acre of land produce more,
good deal more, and without increasing
the expense materially There is still more
call for this kind of work now, with de-
Ginning prices in some lines. Friends, this
is the way out for you: Large yields and
cheap production of crops.
The other day I heard well-to-do we'll
dressed. intelligent farmer sneer at expert
ment stations, Agricultural Colleges, anal
ysis of foods, perfect rations, ETC., standing
up before an institute. He said he could
trust his steers to decide what was good
for them. WE'LL there is no use in vast
ing any sorrow on this man. He is old and
well off. He has done well, but there is no
doubt that he might have done better
knowledge in our line is power, no mat
ter where it comes from. What I was
sorry for was to see quite few younger
men in the audience who evidently thought
about the same as this old man did. They
are wrong, and if they have their own sue
cess yet to make, with the close competi-
ton of the future, they would better not
follow after this old friend, but keep closely
in touch with the latest teachings of
science.