Show agriculture it is frequently that man ever maiac n by tho term is indefinite a it bears a ic Lilion 0 o n persons desires rither lhnn to his requirements for when one begins lo 10 accumulate his views 0 aliat may bo a satisfactory compe enlarge with he inci casc of his accumulations at one time of his life or would be considered but when this has been made and saved elicio lias been such a change in alic milliner of life as to make this sum wholly anil it is doubled and trebled and multiplied by tan and yet it is bot enough at the beginning however when a nimis views of aliis matter aro modest lie liguras up r sum upon tho of which lio can live in bis usual manner without work ami enjoy liis leisure in comfort this is what ho considers a toil unc to might bo considered lie lowest limit of what a might consider as a or a competence then we might ask jiow many banners leavo this sum in aliu course of an ordinary period of time let us ay twenty years taking a general view of ancas among farmers ono might ly hazard the statement that aro more farmers alio are in possession of aliis amount of prop cily and could afford to retire from business and real at casc than there aro business men merchants and professional fess ional men who arc ablo to do tho fame at lifry years of ago abc thousands of banners who arc worth cadi and a great many choso whoso wealth exceeds eliat targe sum wliilam the opportunities for making money aie really greater among farmers who have good business habits than they arc among any other industries the trouble is not that the opportunities arc wanting but rather the shrewdness and tact to seize them and allm industry to turn them to account not a fanner in ten thousand works as hard and has acs than the busain ss man lio succeeds and the alio have made conspicuous successes leavo been men of the closest industry and the most enterprising business habits for instance alicie was a new vork farmer john johnson by name ho began work about years ngo 01 s farm near geneva hu went in for his fum bought on credit a largo pile of manure which a neighbor wanted to get lid of borrowed money to drain his land became wealthy from alic rich produce of his farm spent his declining cars in ease and comfort anil left more than when lio died A farmer of wisconsin died rich under similar circumstances A canadian farmer now in wealth and with scarly canio from scotland thirty years ago with put it all m land nta an acre and soon had an income from it of more than a year of grain alone his stock now brings him in live times as much A relative of this man had not a dollar when ho reached these shores and lin cattle alone to daiy diy would sell for moie than A georgii fanner died a few days ngo leaving nil made by farming his laba years chop of cotton was COO biles worth bill time and space will not allow ui to mention more farmers alio havo mado fortunes it would be better worth our to consider liow alicy leavo succeeded and why others do not A mans hands were given him to work with no doubt but these aie merely the tools a licad and brain furnished to guide the hinds willi the hands alono a man makes a babu subsistence si stence A dollar by al consent has been as aliu equivalent of ono days common unskilled labor brain work has no limit to its valcie I 1 can common un skilled labor a bundled pairs of hands at once or horse labor or il ilcia or water power and make ono dollars worth ten or a in effect the nino or ninety dollars multiplied by the quantity gives alic value 0 alio llio days brain work and is ample scope for brain work upon the farm it is only by the use of it and not by liand work alone that fortunes arc made in agriculture moreover let us consider how mere band work pays better on the farm than in other employments no fail or bacomo bankrupt or become embarrassed by debts through their farm work if then labor is so productive in aa ri culture brain dvork and skill will bo equally productive and with and careful husban diug of income fortunes may be mado in peri culture as well as in other waya fl n V Y times |