The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-10-31

that will rob the crops Of their nourish-
ment. His farm buildings are substan-
TALLY constructed finished with good
taste, and we'll adapted to the purposes
for which they are designed. His fences,
such as he is obliged to maintain, are
we'll built, kept in good order, and no
briars or weeds are allowed to grow near
them to disfgure the farm and encroach
on the domain Of cultivated crops His
domestic animals are such as are best
fitted for the purposes for which they are
designed, and their natural wants well
provided for. His oommodious dwelling
stands within spacious, smoothly shaven
lawn, set with appropriate trees and
plants. All his operations are conducted
with an eye to improvement, better meth
ods in his business, greater knowledge Of
those laws Of nature that have bearing
on his profession. aud of all the lnhu-
ences favorable or detrimental to the sue
cess Of his labors.
Here Is another farmer, perhaps near
neighbor. whose circumstances are wide
ly different. He has not the capital that
would enable him TO carry on his opera
tions to the best advantage. He has not
the skill TO conduct his business SO as to
taste that would inspire him to keep his
premises in that state of neatness and
order which Is attained by his more ad-
avnced neighbors. He has not the time
or the means to carry out the plans that
his own Judgment and taste would lead
him to adopt. For 1t Is constant strug-
gle with him and his family to provide
the means of subsistence and perhaps to
pay off debt contracted in the purchase
of his farm or other necessaries. He has
not the broad acres that his neighbor has
from which to draw the products that
I'LL his spacious barns, that distend his
ample purse, and that enable him to
maintain and increase the productive ca
pacity of his land. 1t Is useless for him
to attempt to initiate all the practices of
his more wealthy and progressive neigh
Dor. It is impossible for him in his
straitened circum stainless, to conduct his
farm as we'll as one who has all necessary
means at his disposal. But the poorest
farmer is not debarred by his poverty
from making improvement in his meth
ods Of business, and consequently in his
condition. While not attempting to follow
the course of one whose circumstances
are so different, there Is much that he can
learn from the practices of his neighbors
that he can apply with advantage In the
conduct of his own business In his obser-
walton of his neighbors' methods he can
receive many ideas that he can carry out
in the management Of his own farms
Without additional expense or labor, there
Is much that he can learn and apply that
will make his labors more effective. II
he cannot maintain his farm In that
standard of neatness and order which his
neighbor presents, he can at least cut
down the rag weed, the thistle, the bur
dock, and other obnoxious weeds that
are growing within his door yard, and
about his buildings, giving a slovenly
appearance to his premises, and occupy
ing the son to the exclusion OF other
plans, possessing the qualities of utility
or beauty II he Is 50 far advanced that
none OF these coarse plants have been al.
lowed to grow, he is in better condition
TO make other needed Improvements. III
he cann0t have as good buildings as his
neighbor, he can at least nail on the
boards that are becoming loose on his
barn and fences, and TO keep those build
ings also In tolerable state Of repair. II
he Ia unable 60 drain his land thoroughly,
there is probably some pond or low place
on his farm which, by little labor, might
be drained, that would inoreaase the pro
duct of his field many times the value OF
the labor required. In the cultivation OF
his soil, and In all his farm economy he
can do little better than he has been do
ing, and every progressive step he takes
In tho management OF his farm adds TO
its produotiyeness and enables him TO
mako still greater improvement In the
future. Esery effort he puts forth to raise
himself above his present environments
gives him additional strength Of viii and
power OF action 10 make other and great
advances In any line OF progress.