The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-29
HOW SUCCESS WAS WON.
Industry and Attention to Business
the Keynote.

anu AIIC44I4OA ~ SNASAAA~SS
the Keynote.
w. L. Moore, a successful Illinois farm
er, gives in Colmans Rural World tthe
following interesting details of his strug-
giles to reach success in farming. Its pc
rusal should encourage others to carve
out a successful career on the farm:
TO tell Just wherein one has achieved
! success in almost any undertaking is not
always an easy task; but as OxallS has
suggested. l will attempt to relate few
things which seemed to have brought US
most success TO farm, one must nave
land. and l prefer TO own 1t, even IL l
have to go III debt for the most OF IT. A
man should have a growing love for farm
work, and a wife and family satisfied with
farm life, and ever ready to assist we
should be patient and not expect too
r.uch: go slow, read, use our brains as
well as our muscles. Consult with FANNY
and neighbors and lay definite plans-and
| then perfect them
We began farming on poor, rundown
farm of 40 acres. Lacking the manure to
build up the land, and not having the
/ money to buy fertilizers, we went TO gar
! dening. We were not able to buy books,
/ papers, etc. but certain reliable seeds
M. offered as premiums for $40 order
of garden seeds, one farm journal and a
book on gardening. We saw our chance
p! AID went 10 work: made out our own
small order, and then went out among
! our neighborS and soon had a SEED order
amounting to $l2.50 We sent this IN, ana
! Wife and | read the paper and book with
! delight and profit We learned. by read
ing other people experience, many val
liable things, which have many times
saved us from making serious ana eX-
| Densiye plumbers.
! | could cut this article short by saying
| that we have succeeded thus far by farm
| ir- in a busineSS-ike way; but so many
young farmers are apt to think that the
w>z father farmed is good enough for
! them They overlook the fact that 1t is
the little things that make the big things
and Furthermore, these little Cd things
must be attended to at the right time. A
! determination to overcome ana succeed
! is important. The summer of "a we raised
/ 65 bushels of Prizetaker onions. A neigh
Dor of ours raised quite lot the same
year: he was a man who did not oeteVe
in book farming, as it is called. owe ire
! quently run across the man who KNOWS II
ell and who believes he cannot profit by
reading what others have done) Well,
I this man had an offer of 81 per bushel Tor
/ his onions at gathering time, but held for
more; fortunately for US, he referred the
! prospective buyer to us. He came, Oh
fered US 81 per bushel. and we sold. Our
neighbor never had another offer, ana he
! lost his entire crop through rottng- Our
/ farm paper had told us to sell onions at
gathering time. as it was risky to hold
! till spring.
| we must sell as well as produce, and
knowing just when to sell is often diff
! cult matter: but the chances are we
should sell all perishable stuff when ready
/ for market. Nlte ana / naO a QeltTHilll-
alton: we worked and planned; We were
too poor to hire much help. and when our
plans were once formulated we SELDOM
failed to carry them out We hot-bedded
a great many early vegetables beginning
in early spring; planting seeds about the
1st of February-generally in time TO be
first on the market; and when our seeds
were once planted we always counted on
good plants, rain or shine, heat or cold.
we were ever on the alert for sudden
changes but once came near being
caught by sudden cold snap during the
night Fearing that our tomatoes. onions,
&c bboee etc. might be damaged, we got
up and carried out quilts, carpets. etc,
and covered all our hot-heds and cold
frames
would not have done that-got up in the
night. in the cold, and exposed them
selves; but we did not eaten s COG a We
did | doubt if we were chilled as much
by getting up and covering our plants,
as were our neighborS, VINO Iay III oea
and lost all their plants. When our
+ vegetables were ready for market we
had very little competition Several
times from causes similar TO the ABOVE
we had the entire local markets for OF
I viii relate one more instance showing
where our success depended upon de-
termination. We once set IsOo carry
tomato plants on ground infested with
cut-worrns. On going out the next
morning to look at them. we found that
20 had been cut down py tne wo o;la.sr
We tried hunting up the mischief aAers
in early morning by fresh signs OF their
work but this was unsatisfactory, as we
could never catch them. we trled ouner
remedies without much success; but we
were determined that our tomatoes
should not be destroyed We repianted
all missing ones. and on the night Iol-
lowing 1 told wife to hand me the
lantern. and upon being asked what
intended doing, l told her ! was gong
TO kill cut-worms. The ground had been
made level around the plants, and with
lantern in hand 1 worked from hill 10
hin. catching the first night lSi worms.
Well. says one again, that's too mucn
work: but work was not what we we're
Looking at those days-it was success
we were after and we obtained II. we
looked the patch over every mghC Ior
one week. killing in all Lou worms. Inc
result r-as we saved all our tomatoes,
while other gardeners lost theirs from
the ravages of this worm. Had local
markets again for our tomatoes ~ a
fancy price. We never failed, except in
one instance to be first in the market
with our produce. and always got TOP
prices We have sold cabbage the last
of May, and tomatoes as early as the
9TH of June We took TO market only
the choicest. put up in attractive FORM
with name stamped on every box or
basket We gave good measure and
good quality. and kept it up until our
produce was called for regularly. Our
stamp on a box OF berries, tomatoes
cantaloupes. etc, was a guaranty OF
During all this time we were building
M our garden patches by liberal manur-
ing. More ground was prepared by SOW
ing clover using the first crop for hay
and turning under the second There
were several spots that would not grow
clover: these we manured until We got
catch Glover. if rightly managed. will
soon renovate the soil. improve the stock
and expand the pocketbook. We cleared
land of all stumps, that we might use
improved tools as soon as we were able.
The first tools purchased were hoes and
garden rake; of these the very best care
vas taken Soon. by careful manage
ment. we were able to buy all tools
needed and we always bought the best.
Our dealer knowing our condition. would
invariably offer us the lowest grade, but
he soon learned that nothing but the
best would satisfy us but we took care
of them putting them under shelter as
soon rs we We're through with them
We carefully saved all manure, putting
IL where most neede..
One more item. and ! will close: We
always kept an accurate account of all
farm operations. Following is a sum-
mary Of our work for the year 1886:
Clothing .......-..----------..-.$ JJ-54
Postage ..........-.---........-- l43
Expense ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 159-A
Fixtures OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1880