The Glenwood post., 1914-12-05

farmed all my life and 1 doa't know
one card from another. There is Dea-
con Jones, Bill Smith, 81 Tonpkins and
Frank WitherspOon, all good neighbOrs
and know they have never ganbled- F"
This may all be true in one sense Of
the word and yet 1 maintain that -
per cent Of the farmers are gamblers
and the worst Of it is they lose great
er part of the time. One has some re-
gard. for . professional gambler who is
successful and who is proud of his pro-
fession, but for = gambler who 10 uu-
successful and who is continuously be-
moaning his fate but who sits in the
game year after year using the same
old tactics and who feels that every
other vocation is better than that which
he follows, one cannot have the greatest
respect. Strictly speaking the farmer
may not know the game of cards; he
may not have had experience in buying
futures on the board of trade, but the
great majority take long chances BY
praeticing the methods they learned
from their grandfathers, steadfast1y re-
fusing to read the federal and state
bulletins, agricultural iournala and the
latest scientific works on agriculture
and aninal husbandry. Were the Rer
chant, mechanic, professional nan, or
one in any other vocation Of life to pur-
sue the similar hit and miss methods,
and refuse to keep abreast Of the times,
eonpetition would drive him from bust
mess in . very short while. Happily
the farmer produces the necessities Of
life and for which there is usually
strong demand.
How many times in this life have yon
planted . crop on . certain piece Of
land that you knew very well was NOT
adapted to growing that special crop,
or il adapted you felt certain that the
seed bed was not properly prepared;
you felt sure that the seed was . poor
quality or that the weather was too
cold for examinations, and yet y'n
took chances on the westher mOderat-
ing, the seed being Of better quality
than you had suspected and the rains
falling at opportune times so that the
poorly prepared seed bed, the inoppor-
tune planting and the poor quality OF
grain would be overcome by Provi-
dence. Then. too, when you plowed
that piece Of hand four instead Of ten
inches deep and you knew that the an
nual precipitation seldom exceeds six
teen inches and that the shallow plowed
seed bed would quickly dry out, you
were taking long chances on not pro-
ducing . crop Of any kind. You nat
urally made the excuse to yourself that
your horses were not sufficiently heavy
to plow your entire acreage - deep ~
it should be and that by seeding hrgs
field, yea would take chances On The
harvest. OF eourse, there sre . great
many features shout farming that re-
quire chance being taken, but If tho
average farmer would use his brain -
well - his Drawn, carefully plAn his
work, know exactly what he win plant
o. . esrtai. tract, bow he will plsnt II
laad wAsk kind Of Sod he viii uss and
lthsa work out his pla,s ths saAs a
does tAs carpenter when he bsil1s .
house, the uoadsr VIXEN turning ct =
piece for . machine Or the lawyer in
earsfslly planning his esarss Of astion
lin ~ dsfs.ss of his client, The returns
fer his work as ths end Il tAs ssssss
would b duplicated many tDes,
Hs..ias in lie wsst rslnlrss sssrS
careful PAaniag, nofe, ,seisnee and noes
real intslhssaee that tAat in any otAsr
ssstisa Of tie country. fhs farmer Who
plsws Ais sFssnA bst fsv i,eAss in
IasPtA = alDsst certain - lsss h ssed
Il ~ ssassa b u.asaally dry Will tAs
farmer wAs plsvs hi grss.A - .
dsptA Of ten 70 fftssa ineAss win ere
ats . sshssrfacs Ssssevsif wAlea win,
n tAs eoarss Of tfms, ssaSss Mn 10
Usw . fairly good essp regardless II
ANstA. lf4 ,.
Gsvefnnsnt experts rscsH8ly naAs .
survey Of over . hundred fsrns in. IN
irrigated district in Utah asd fos.d
that out Of this number only three
farm cwncfs with hess than $1,000 10
tAl capital received . labof i.eone Of
nsFe tAaa 1000 for their years work.
By lsbor income in this case i meant
WAT rsaaiAs Of tie net income after
Aeducting 8 Per eest for invested cap
ttaa aad vseking eapital-in other
Wscas WAat tie fAsDse hinself rsseivsA
~ Ah yseft wssk and aPssvisisa.
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