The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-01-29
A Question of Net Prifits.


A Question of Net Prifits. I
rarmlng Is primarily Une science I"
mahinG DuLn enuS meet, wILu Sunltf
Tang over, ana II Is Lue some LnllfC
over unaL determines whether Tile ma
Stays Oh TIE 4anu. Is Tie FARMER WI
mas 4IU,UVU " P4o,UVU Invested Iii II
pIanL eApecLIns Luo AIucn Mueu Iei
AOOhS Tor feLuInS over ana auvye AIDE
4lNlnS, eAceeulns Lne wages vi uo,T
pofLcr or Il restaurant WalCer or Is
very average sLenograpner let TT
lne Soutn, LdUulaLeu reports snow Un;ts
many IafnlerS nave net returns ntpl
exceeding 900 per year, anu III I'm
Last not exceeding q4OU per Year. 1t
Was porn ana Drought up III than
country, SAID lawyer VINO man, hi
MS plcAings from IorecIoscu morw
cages IN Inc DAIRY country, ana Ipi
DSL VI All lle farmers delivering mn 1T
aL ---- station, not uOlen NAME IWdl
per cent. on Lne investment OF the m
capital. ii
e are not my sentiments. Then.
are MS, ana 1 must confess 1 was ~
shocked ny any man VINO makes a lI\lr
ing out oI community acting Tic
EN'S "a 'SPiSSitNGOl llldI L at once
eountefeu ny asking: "1nen, why 40
you stay IN such country! My only
objection TO your country is the curse
Vi WhlSkey with the hired help, and
the worse curse OF such perpetual
knockers as yourself" lie responded
almost vlclously: Il stay Tor the same
reason as llleS swarm round a honey
pot. felt ike answering: And
Tor the same reason as crows come to
carrion."
And it is here with a flourish of her
tan that the dairy COW comes in. In
1act, II We are to believe the theorists.
the DAIRY COW is the first act and the
middle act and the last act of every
fertile and successful tarm. The dairy
COW mas been pictured as "the mort
gage litter" the silk dress BUYER"
the banker lady" and "the motor car
creator" of successful farms in the
fichest agricultural states. In diver
slned farming, the dairy COW has been
played up as the star. If in your
dreams of "back-to- the land" which
all we urban dwellers have after a
1uli-towh dinner-if in your dreams
yoL see festive COW come dancing
the tango across the hardwood floor Of
your castle-in-the-a air, with a switch
'oit' more Sfacelul tnan the
-, ing iilastel DO" 10 MS partner,
foreordained, destined and elect to
go, ~ lhe laI ol the lana on that
N'0i la III VI yours.
The Exodus In Each Section
I do ,o+ s,,, t,;., :, : -.
f,rt '.,',.,'''' v''io vi lioilS. II Is
oIv, ,,a,,,'.,-''',, ~ INC COW one Is my
Ho,,. .,,',s'',T''"i Gnu ouU "ouIu CAL
''>, 1'''oi' " tiieSe laCIS'
city III the wheat country OF the west.
Ihefe Is no exodus from country TO
there IS no exonI. T,,1,O c one " eSt,
CITY IN the trI,,t ronn,,,, ~ 49, 1,',, "
nero !, a,n,os+ ,t " oiie west
country 10 cuv m rn,. cort0,' oon - Ui,,
of the soutn
In the wheat count,v tho ,rono.+;o,,
of cltv peou,e tn roI,iJ,.,, ,,l,,,,.o sio.i
per cGnI ICON, Ninnrn,1.'' fI0P-o 80 30
cent from ,Gnno. on,' ' ,,' 90, Gnu ~ peI
Mlnnesora. n,,u ~ nI, oa pot N.n'' tol
kota: ana = nn,. ca,t, fo,. '.'. III 20 d
per cent fn,, ,'nvo, ~, ~ ,tat''s' -
trv tho nrnnort,nn ~ ", NM. 0ouil-
80 ppr cent ron. 4, ,,,,,;,,,. , N - -
for New Nlex,co T ma,. w., ~ per cent
Dakota, In mo f,.nii e l.o ueltt iot oouth
portion stanGr ~ n nn,. . ot Iie pro
as per cent fo,. i PEI .ei IN tor ,iaaho'
cent for tno NI;d(1' .''', ~ ~ ~ per
per cent for tho Nortnv,4 ~ 70 ~
cotton ronntrv tna ->u Ur c,t"esC, IN inc
20 ia 70 nar cept ~" p oi,oi .ioil sIaloS
bona 10 10 "a No.. io oa,, teE Mas ana okla-
Is to N mo-. ,!o,,+ fa', ioi <1lhailsas;
MississIpm and - ~ On a na,. ana ana
the South tasta,, C ~ ~ per ceiV' lof
'1'''i Il "'''es'
Why the Farmers Returns Have Not
Gone In
Tho.
fod+ neSe are not arguments. They are
aar.'' 'sDuialed by the census Bur
th au, anu the OBVIOUS explanation is
.i@' t"e'oty cehtefs nave grown fas-
Is. ,sn ' n',, I i cehters IN New Eng