Milford chronicle., 1911-11-17

featuring enterprises are a SUCCESS
financially.
Ifa farmer would lay his plans as
carefully as the manufacturer, then
stick to them as tenaciously, l am
sure that more Of them would sue
ceed
It is so easy for a man to grow a
little of this and little OF that with
the idea that if some should tall
some of the others will not, and so
he will be sure of a little crop OF
something anyway. This State Is
one that is particularly adapted toI
special farming. If we will but
glance over our acquaintance VINO
are successful, we see that ~ per
cent. or more of them are -centrallz-
ing their efforts upon one or TWO
main croDs. The reason this KIND
of farming succeeds best Is obvious.
In the first place, the specialist, ike
the manufacturer, can afford to have
a more perfect equipment tnah one
who is dabbling with several crops.
| Again. he will spend as much thought
and study ON the one or two crops
| in which he is specializing as he
could give to half dozen or more.
II is much easier to become an ex-
pert in single line of effort than 1t
/ Is in two or more, and as soon as
one becomes an expert or as soon as
he can grow single crop and put II
on the market in a little better con-
dition than any one else, his success
is assured.
In mixed farming where several
crops are attempted. two or more
will demand attention at once, and
one of them is bound to be neglected,
while with a specialist nothing IN
terferes with his one particular crop.
Elbert Hubbard says, ''The fool said,
Don't put all your eggs in one bas,
ket. The wise man says, Put all
your eggs in one basket and then
watch that basket. "
Again, speciality farming as 1t Is
generally carried on in Delaware Is
, more profitable and will pay more
= on the investment than any Other
tvpe of agriculture. Most OF the
: farmers in this State who are pro
= ducing a specially are growing frui'
2 of one kind or another When thli
e is the main crop it is usually cen
2 tralized, and fruit growing com
munitv is the result. They secure
/ in consequence the best Of markets
e the crop is sold in carload lots, thu
! reducing the cost of moving 1t to thu
centers of consumption. Every ont
p thinks fruit, talks fruit, and work.
= only for the purpose Of growing fruit
\ From a business point Of view,
C would be a serious mistake for Tar
e mer living in such a community e
f start dairy, or raise wheat and corr
/ as his market crops rather than t
n grow thei particular fruit or fruit
+ that have demonstrated their adapt
4 ability to the soils Of his neighbor
t hood.
= A recent report from New Yorl
shows that the net returns per till
h able acre on 81 fruit farms taken a
random in that State are S32. Al
T. while the returns per acre on 60 ger
i eral farms was but s1O5O, or bu
It one-third as much. In many case
# the farmer sufferers an untold los
IS in not making himself thorough
Is familiar with possibilities as well a
n the probabilities of the types OF farm
It ing in his particular locality.
,e | know of no other business L
,r which there is so much lost motlo
/, as there is in farming. There
IS hardly single operation on the farr
i. from milking a COW to hauling AZ
Is pies worth 81 per barrel, that doe
Il not involve a large amount OF vi
= productive effort. Much Of it is, {
W course, unavoidable, but on th
r other hand a great deal of it can b
h overcome. Take, for example, tn
.e arrangement of the buildings onyou
a farm with reference to cOnvenienc
i for doing work. Were they planne
X 20 accomplish the greatest amour
IS of work with the least amount OF e
1t fort? l know that the average cour
,e try home is notorious in this respect
IN This is a small item, but when con
bined with dull tools, worn out ms
3s chinery, and inefficient teams, II
e. loss amounts to a great deal in tn
Of course of a year.
II Another word might be said wit
a. reference to teams and implement
Id 1t is a business proposition for
os farmer to have teams that are adapte
IN t. his work. The tools of today al
I'd heavier, have greater draft and {
re more work than the implements
r ten years ago. With the presel
#. high price of labor a man should a
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