The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1895-03-16
"Farmin Don't Pay =

o. n White IN touuiry gentleman.
The writer IN 4 ride nf two and 4 half
miles saw moving machine horse
rake aud a hay ,edder standing "ut d"nrS
protected by the canopy Of heaven.
They had thu, >tood exposed to the geII-
he dews. the halmy breezes the soft show
crs and the JOYOUS sunshine since used IN
.Iulv-and this i January The owner
has plcnt, If nom in which To store them,
but it vi, less work to leave them where
l,s, used than to- pat them under cover,
and NJ doubt next summer he will spend
no rnd af iime-risht in the busy season.
running e. the blacksmith shop for repairs.
II vou should ask him if farming pays
he viii answer Farming pay \"
JUS manage to >crape along pet enough
to eat and a few clothes Ia wear Have
been ou this farm for twenty ave years.
and ain worth a red cent more than !
wa- then Y" sir faunin doesn pay.
Reader YOU can guess the reason why
\ half mile further on | saw barn
with crack, half a f;-,, Wide shingles of
the r,of IN patches iooi square lot Of
old plows. harr,v- and wagons stored ont
IT d,.rs. aud back of the harm twenty 1--WE
~ thirty hens .oing to rs~t IN an apple
trr,.-this being the onl, hen r.,, "a the
farm Net an csg dill they get from
November until March and no wouirr
taT between trozen y,mts- and t"cs It l.
strange that they live much les lay Ask
the owner It farming pays, he viii answer
\ man had better h. IN the poor house
tie woald have better Twin I.""k At
them hen, catn their pe>Ay heads at
bat the I'D woman viii Keep ru Don t
.,.t an esg all winter scratch up the gar
dem every summer faster than ean plant
h. The garden va. protected hy a S'n-
r. strand cl barb u,rr Nn farmln
d.u pay
iusr beyund ~aN a man followed by
two do.s. oue bird d.. and the ether ).
hu-e mas,iF tie san ,amr to held
where some twelve ~ fifteen hne booking
gow, were gathered near the bar, content
sdly chewing their eud- and waiting Ia be
driven home The man let down the bar
and turning 10 the ma,tii said Sick
en- With a bound he Wa among them.
With a soicy Ike log horn hair hristiina
and fsn.sS harri be dashed Al the fright
rurd herd. who with tails IN the air rushed
lnr the opening crowded through three oy
f,i,r At a time ,ne ~ gNu falling in heap,
and away they went up the mad Ike the
wind With the fng horn voice ringing
oui until a bend ia the mad hid them from
view. How the writer wished that a
bear Not one % Ihooe woe -begone.
meek lrkin. telluw~ one seer leading a
..reasv Italian by a string. but real
Roxy mountain grizzly with claw,
a f-,, long and teeth ike meat Ax -
would ,priu. out of the gruund and chase
thar man. until he had either run him "ut
IT the state. OF had eaten him. b'"t> and
all The I,>S would not have been great
only the value Of the bsols
Il you ask him If farming pay~ ten &
ane he will Say Ne, we keep a dozen
or fifteen COWS. have ,r buy much gram
that it take al the profit and then they
dun pan uut a, they ought To do. Feed.
in. them a, We do. don know what J. the
matter with them. tues | will sell every
mother daughter nf them They don
pay. No. farming does not pay nova
day, Reader. II l. strange, isn 1t
\ half mile further ou the writer saw d
hne farm house, nicely painted and blinded
large barn, aud plenty nf outhulldlnss, al
painted and in the hest Of repairs NJ
the tools and farm machinery under cover
the surroundin. fields sm"o,h and under !
high state of cultivation, \ large wind
mill Supplied plenty Of water t" house anc
barns \ neat poultry house and pig pen,
and last. bur not least. wood house neal
the kitchen door filled with wu,d DRY ano
neatly piled The owner Is ou the best ot
terms with his stock. and gives each kinC
w"rd and gentle pat a. he comes neal
them Ak him il farmin. pays; he vii
reply ia q modest way Il have beel
able 10 lay up a little for a rainy day. be
sides putting the farm aud buildings ii
fair ,hape-bullding 4 new house. &c
Yes. | think | can say thar farming paw
me