The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-21
You can expect too much
of Settings Besf-it is
only tea
But your grocer gives
your money back if you
don't like it.
In packages, full weight.
a Schilling & Company
san Francisco SOS

but what they save? The great funda-
mental principle 10 be taught 10 make
general farm practice more profitable is
to teach men that success in life cannot
be attained tin they learn TO make their
lncomc greater than their expenditure. IL
IS poor economy indeed for farmers to
run accounts when they have money in
their pockets necessary to pay all cur
rent expenses. and spend the money fool
ishly for articles that are not necessary
for their convenience, comfort. or well
being: yet this is exactly the lines FOL
lowed by the great majority of our breth-
rem. In the end there can only be one
result-iack of prosperity. The difference
between the ordinary class of business
men and the agricultural classes on this
point s that whilst the former makes
calculations TO meet his bills when they
become due. the latter does not ASK the
manager OF any loan company or any
money broker how many farmers who
borrow from them make calculations TO
meet their obligations. and they viii tell
you not one IN twenty. Instead OF that
their next application is for an Increased
loan. their money, the proceeds of their
farm products. having gone TO pay cur
rent accounts. | cannot press too strongly
the point of paying as you go along; even
though you have to pay little more, 1t
VIII pay you 10 pursue that course. IL
may De convenient 10 run Dills az tines
but you always pay dearly for the con-
ven,ence.
Economy in finance is not the only point
to observe in that line, but in many others
agricultural implements. AT a very low
estimate an average loss of so per year
Is incurred through neglect in use and
housing to each farmer. | think that our
fsrmers receive 81 where IS years ago
they only got 81. Why. then, are they
not prosperous? Many are. but with the
majority, as l previously stated. there is
lack of economy and general careless
ness in caring for farm machinery, etc.
The greatest combine the farmer has to
contend with is his own carelessness and
Oh f1s.u.u ii lon
of the time he now spends attending
meetings, discussing combines and trade
legislation in caring for his machinery
he might safely defy the strongest COM
tural machine manufacturer.
AS regards industry, l believe there is
no class of people who work harder phys
ically than our farmers, but time is bring
ing changes of condition that require the
closest study and good judgment, and II
Is not wise nor profitable to indulge in too
much hard manual labor to the neglect
of mental vigor. The latter is the great
factor nowadays. and to make a success
the farmer must give his undivided at
tention to and conduct his business in an
economical and businesslike manner He
must exercise the closest supervision in
everything. more especially in the de-
tails. Remember If you look after the
peace the pounds will look after them
selves. Have everything in readiness,
that there may be no delay when the
proper time comes when any work is 10
and have all things arranged in your
mind before hand when and how you in
tend TO do them, and carry that system
out Less physical and more mental
labor is what is now required. Adopt a
system OF keeping accounts ana drop ali
improbable lines; facts and not guess
work must be and are the only safe
foundations for any business to build on.
Let us now dwell briefly on the great
necessity of contentment. Always con-
duct your business SO that, no matter
hQx q &
faction OF knowing that you did your
best, and be contented with those results.
At the same time plan TO improve IN the
future over the past: remember that
hope is the steady friend of man, and
that upon yourself alone you must rely
Pay little heed TO the statements of de-
preston, hard times, high taxes anu
country but remember that the times,
good or bad. depend largely on your own
efforts. There will be years when you
will not succeed as you could have wished
and when you will be inconve1.enced
somewhat, but such has been the STATE
OF affairs in the past and must continue
in the future; and always be prepared TOT
them, Remember it was an empty stom-
ach brought on by shiftlesSnesS, that
made Esau sell his b!rthright.
Do not forget that tins country oHers
YOU advantages unattainable elsewhere,
and as farmers We enjoy privileges equal
= not superior, to those of any other
class. and l have no sympathy with those
to breed discomfort in our midst simply
because they are reap.ng the fruits OF
their own negligence and wish to place
The responsibility on other shoulders.
Farmers as a rule are not only holding
their own, but they are actually outstrlp-
ping every other profession, ana the
many happy homes and comfortable fire
sides that surround us in all directions,
contrasted with the misery, want, sulfer-
ins, and general depression in mercantile
lines is sufficient proof of this statement
IL those who are not successful would use
q little more economy. take better care
OF implements and stock, and devote
themselves solely to the business OF Their
farms, planning and providing carefully
for the future, and above all drop once
and for all time the credit system, tney
would be themselves surprised at the
results What our farmers want is not SO
much teaching how to produce good
crops. but more jud!cious care. o. the ex-
renditure of the proceeds of thoss crops.
JOHN u. FRASER,
sOntaric, Canada.
.Read before the Ontario. Canada.