Year: 1869

turns away utterly discouraged.


"Pray, Mr.. NJ, can you not come to
his relief with some well-devised plan ol
operations whereby he may lift himself
from this slough Of despond? Tell him
where to begin and how to proceed to e.
volve something out of nothing but the
crude materials around him. To tell him
be should under-drain, build big barns,
raise roots, cut and steam his feed, sub
soil. and what not, is but to tantalize him:
but he who tells him hoao to do these
things with his paltry wberewithal will be
Ia public benefactor, and will have accom-.
|plished some good in his generation.
We shall try and meet, so far as We
may, our correspondents wish. y


Great "discouragement" is not uncom.
mon with other men as we'll as with small


farmers, and the Encouragement which
springs from slack of sufficient capital" il
one of the most common with which the
human family is afflicted.


The best way to overcome it is to work
as hard as we can with the capital at com
mand, and not waste its efficiency by


making too large 'spread." This las


falling is common to merchants who ex


tend their business indefinitely. and tx


farmers who hold more land they Car
thoroughly manage.


1t is not supposable that half the farm.
era in the country can bring their lands


up to the highest productive power. OF
can stock their farms with the best blood
ed stock; yet we urge the best possible
practice. and close attention to breeds


satisfied that we shall all do better with
high aims in view than with humble ones


Improvements on great scale certain.
ly demand great means; but this should


not discourage a small farmer, whose


means are never so limited that he cannot
apply the principles of the best practice
upon small area-if he will only be con.
tented with a small area. A man Car


with no more safety 60 beyond the reach
of his capital in farming than he can in
trade. In either case, he wants good
tools and good servants, and books square
ly kept. Credits may be easier in the
city. but they are easy enough in the
country for man who is industrious and


prudent, and spends his money wisely.
In the case supposed by our correspon-
dent, where farmer holds lands which
fcsn be- rtfird tuu mo profit without draiasge,
we should advise him to sell enough of il
to enable him to put the balance in profit
able working condition. If be can Meth.
er sell nor lay tile. let him try stone drains
or brush drains. or, failing these, the old
system of ridging. These are not the
best methods, but they are alleviating me-
thods, and are hundred per cent. better
than dependency and no work at all.
Big barns, and big walls, and steam.
engines. and bulls with pedigrees are by
no means essential to great crops; but q
good, friable condition of the soil is and
|if man cannot secure this with the labor
and capital at bis command upon fifty
acres, let him sell and try twenty-five
if be cannot secure it on twenty five, le,
him sell. and try it on ten - if he canno,
secure it on ten. let him off with bis coat,
take to the spade, and make farm out Of
hisgarden. Good, sharp work will cure
the dependency that grows out of short
capital quicker than anything we know.
Plantation bitters are nothing in compar-
|ison.