The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1912-03-11
A LIVING FROM FARMING

& = omist, which. under the topic OF
business Farmers" says:
Can anyone make u living farm
ing.' Is the question asked OF us
daily by some one OF the numerous
modern methods communications. The
answer to this each time II is asked
Is practically the same. aud Is rs fol-
lows:
In our personal experience we
have never known farmer who did
no, make u living and practically al
ways n better one than the same man
OF the same capital or the same
knowledge, or the same energy. or
the same brain power. could make In
any other profession or business.
Some farmers, like some manu-
facturers or business men, make what
is called fair or good llying. Some
farmers. like some manufacturers,
merchants or professional mon. make
fortunes. and in farming life, as In
other methods OF securing livtli-
hood these three contrasting kinds
OF success are found side by side In
the same community, be that CON-
lmunity where II may. and in the farm
ing community II Is extremely easy
TO make an estimate and to draw an
absolutely Just conclusion. for nearly
always the hand-to-mouth man. his
80 called well-to-do neighbor. and
likewise their rich nelghbor had times
without number identically the same
start in life: oftlmes practically the
same acreage. the same buildings. the
same animals and the same tools;
also the same market and the same
Transportation facilities.
AT the end OF ten years the hand
to.mouth individual Is barely coming
out even. The well-to-do man has his
nome and fars fitted with modern
labor and brain saving appliances
and conveniences. The quality OF his
stock Is improved. lie has earned
more money, spent more money, and
has more money in the bank than the
other fellow.
"The rich man has In the same peri
cd OF time greatly increased his acre.
age, ftted up his farm and home with
every convenience he has run against
and in addition is enjoying the luz
uries his surplus enables him 10 Sc
cure. Very easy Is II for any indivli'
uai OF even average observation and
Iowers OF reasoning to arrive Mt M
absolutely correct reason for this
marked difference In farming success
for not the slightest argument Is ne
oessary to prove conclusively that
these varying degrees OF achievement
are due utterly and entirely TO the Ia
Givldual. and no law. no ruling oI
regulation, nor even system oi
eugenics can ever be devised TO make
all men and women equal. for wh'lC
r.ankind exists, under the most dis
heartcning circumstances, certain In
dlvIduals will achieve pronounced
success. likewise will II always re-
main true that under the most favor
able conditions many individuals VIII
Throughout their lives. have contin
tal uphill struggle to make n bare
living.
The year 1871 was the third OF {
dIoughty series. We know OF !
farmer who lost all his potatoes al
his tomatoes and all his corn. W,
know OF another who secured from "a
TO 81 bushels OF potatoes TO the acre
We know OF another who averaged
2l0 bushels, and these three farmers
were tilling identically the same sol
under identically the same climatl,
conditions in the same community
with practically the same financial re-
sources.
1t Is, therefore, manifest that the
differences were due entirely to the
Individual. No outside yariances en-.
tered at all. Therefore We have
proof positive that II lies with the In
diyidual 10 garner "a thousand fold, 4
hundred fold or TO split even, and We
see annually In all sections OF the
country the most shiftless individuals
putting forth the minimum of effort
yet securing a living by methods
which In any line OF manufacturing
OF mercantile business or In any one
OF the professions would result In alb
soiute failure and hopeless bank