The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1909-11-18

We ufs ihe oibsf day ltsi rsrs bird,
. happy sna coptenisd farmer "eissd
nofnHg." ~ tsid. thtefiiy. - ~ils
,nspgy ilaa saan.ns eprts 'lsiil pa 3
siup H. fab plawinr. ba No uaIisf
What nlcs haDg .pfll " gee5 wtsiAer
weys had Zoe a nsy, you oughi r.
eaps over and "a me shoS yoa ihs
han,l,na,ti bin ~ ts,saiocs you essa
su iig yield. prli Jos. rlean.
stssy nne - rm. No maiter 4 ibeA
Ain Z tot lhtfay ~ 'orty cents bushels
garp tbry'll ~ leetie higher neat
spuug Add Is BE- hustled ~. ~
feli a. lboaFh y refreshing bi.eze bad
met a. No different
Many iArmers gros and kick. Things
are never gulle right. no. they arr
never answhcm pear ugli With then
Batter may be selling NJ thiny.hsr
cents pound. bul Gosh dang il, i
ain mAkin hone. Cows MI dry most
Grain costs anfnl. too" Pork may
be- 70 high ~ that The hog's brisiles
stand ~, bai the farmer "dIdn'i plan
ont" asd failed 10 start biz shoais
jest NV luck. be means At the street
corner. Hay may be worth fifteen dol.
lars ton. bat ~ goi 10 buy" Pola
toesi well, got enough 81 EN-. but
cant sell EN- fer nothin' +" Applesf
"of year With me. : Turkeysi He'd
poor lock so many times didn'i Try
none this year. Wish nov ! bed"
II such farmers ever DO hii IL right
sileucel Not wood u their good for
tune in turning of profitable crop.
Same old groan about the misyentures
They seem 10 fear that someone else
will follow their stroke and break the
market.
The farmers lot is an allronnd
rattle. he plans hall dozen different
crops. He keeps horses. cattle, hogs.
hens. In tho natural event, when be
has good lnek with potatoes. so do all
hls neighbors, potatoes are plentiful,
the supply is large and lpiices drop to
correspond. When bis hens cease lay.
ing, so do Others. eggs are scarce and
prices rise. II he has few 10 sell, those
few bring more. The combination of
a big yield in any department and high
prices for the product is abnormal, aud
need not be relied upon, or lamented
when il fails 10 arrive.y BY his very
diversity of output. the farmer is as
sured an equilibrium of income that
comes 10 few others. II is seldom, very
seldom. especially in Vermont, that
something does not turn up right for
him, and make good any losses in Other
lines.
The farmer has the advantage of
quickly responsive market, The
preacher who depends on stipend fix
~ s'"fT hE's NHtu aii ne Hdi W 0uA
was twenty-five per cent. at least, low
er than in these days finds ii very hard
to adjust himself to the changed con.
dItious. Merchants turn over their
stocks now on relatively smaller per.
centage OF profit than they did ten
years ago. Professional men of all
kinds, wage earners aud those with
fixed incomes find ii harder to figure
their way along. owing 10 the higher
cost Of living The farmers lot is more
fortunate IN this respect, and all are
glad that il is 50. When he prospers,
the prosperity is dlifused. When be
langulshes, there is no balm in Gilead
But just for fun. we would like 10 see |
Dame Plenty's cornucopia dumped into
the lap OF some farmers until they ac-
lually cracked smile of satisfaction
aud emitted word of rejoicing. 1t
would be worth while TO witness. -
Randolph Herald.