The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-05

and having attained moderate sue
cess he placed the stamp Of full ap-
proval upon himself and his manner
of farming. He was doubtless honest
in his Judgment, but his success was
not in a large enough way nor Of a
sufficiently attractive kind to justify it.
WHAT SYSTEM WILL DO.
But perhaps Of greater value as an
illustration than any other instance
could cite is that Of man in my
native State of Rhode Island. He in
herited from his father a very good
farm, beautifully situated and Of fertile
soil. though rather far from market.
For some reason or reasons it paid
him very little and he became greatly
dissatisfied. He finally decided to keep
for one year a separate account Of
each feature of his farm in order to
ascertain what was the most and
which the least profitable. This brought
to light some surprising facts. He
found that he had been fattening steers
at loss. and that his dairy was bare y
self-sustaining His sheep paid much
better, but the one feature which paid
far in excess of any other vas his
poultry. On this there was net profit
Of a trife over a dollar a head per
annum.
He now gradually disposed Of his cat
tie keeping more sheep, and increasing
his poultry (Which he kept on the ''col-
ony plan'D, till he had over 1000 hens.
Figured on the above basis, which is
safe one, the income from these
alone is no mean figure. to say nothing
of what he realizes from his sheep
and other sources. / have personally
examined land admired) his farm a
great many times and know that it is
an exceedingly profitable one. And
yet this is the same farm which for
merly yielded only a meagre and un-
satisfactory income.
| might cite other examples but the
above are probably sufficient. They
cover very diverse conditions Of soil
and climate, and, I think, contain in
pretty full measure the answer to our
question.
The question may very naturally fol-
low, IF agriculture can be made to pay
so well as a business why have not
more men gone into it as suchY The
answer is simple. Young farmers have
rarely been trained in exact business
methods. and habit holds them to their
manner Of life; while young men in
the cities lack that intimate knowledge
! of agriculture without which all the
method and system in the world would
never make the form pay. The num-
ber has thus been restricted to those
who would naturally grasp the posi-
bilities Of agriculture, and to whom ii
would appeal as a thing in which
brains and capital could be proftably
invested.
Nevertheless, I believe that in the
future-possibly much sooner than any
of us eKpect-greatly increased atten-
ton will be bestowed upsn agriculture
as d business. Its possibilities, as
brought to light by investigation and
the gradual narrowing of many other
fields. will naturally compel this. II
Is field that has never been overdone
and it contains golden prizes for those
who win cultivate it Alright; even in
those departments which have been
most largely developed and in which
there has been the greatest competition
there is still room for the production
of the best. OF the best agricultural
products there has never been, and
never will be, an oversupply.-Satur-
day Evening Post.