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I 'I'Knrsday, May 23, 19l2.] thereby simply doubling his profits, We sincerely hope the consumer will be satisfied. It takes a farmer of only “half business affairs” to com prehend this. And again, I have been told directly by the city laborer that he had been led to believe that ^t all times there sat on the farm kitchen sideboard an inexhaustible ogg basket, ever ready for the farm er to just slip his arms through the handle as he started for market, and with which, at perhaps 30 to 40 cents ^ dozen, to pay for his ample supply of groceries for the week to come, but whether at 30 or 10 cents per tozen, the inexhaustible egg basket Js always there and full. Conclusion, Then as to “Delusions.” After a lifetime of observation, I believe I am prepared to unreserved ly testify as a “farmer of business affairs” that matrimony is a blessed relation, and the relation intended by our Creator, but that it would bring fewer disappointments if short of some of the tinsel, draperies, gaudy attires and eloborate wedding dinners of the wedding day. And as fo delusions relative to farming: I Ooed not comment of them to the young man before me who has been brought up on the farm, but to the Possible young man before me who ® but a college-bred farmer, let me ^arn him not to be too seriously in- ouenced by the prevailing city idea pf what the real farmer and his life “Is. Surprises and Disappointments. If ever there was a business that aonis with surprises and disappoint Plants it is farming. The man never ^as more mistaken in his life when thinks or concludes that farming be reduced to a bookkeeping sci and industry. That by last year’s *'®8ults he can safely figure out the ^®®uits of the coming year. He had ."^^t not spend too much of his an- tlci for, bated earnings on this basis be- We a he has them in hand, j -^8 I have before remarked a certain line of labor for a ^ years and succeed, and then con bde that we have finally clinched a ‘Pt on that crop, and the next year th^ thus revealing to us that «. is scarcely such a thing as inch” in farm methods. “^S^in we become discouraged and ^ ®olutg|y abandon the old farm or- car^*^ as unworthy of our farther ® and attention. We give it up. ^j^,^®comes sod-bound, untrimmed Wh boglected and almost forgotten, ditf^ '^nder these handicapped con- shows up the next year the most bountiful crop of the the^ P®^fect fruit in the existence of hor ^^^^brd. So while it is not well of us to base our future and plans on “slip-shod” dow don’t let us absolutely lie ®Qui ^®^au8e we have not every f^j. that we would like. The Of , Worthy of the title, “A man bbiness affairs,” will find many b'^^aue to success other than an thr, ^igh-^^ the one avenue of technical I 7>^-^^b8s equipment. The methods Ofice applied to the raising of a v — ing ^ oumper crop, while conform So ^ nature conditions, seemed heighj^^^^^bs to my more sensitive siip,gh°^®’ ®'bd considered by them so later that they confessed to me they had been praying all bach ^ would not get my seed hiopg bt they were still magnani- cident^f^^^^ to acknowledge the ac- tti incident and have gj °dB then and there employed Piled become the regularly ap- In the^^^^°^® the neighborhood b^ber ^^b'^bction of that crop. The farip j bf a piece of very ordinary I’lght near our home in ^ sniaif bbe day picked up lokip 1 glistening pebble. He half y announced that he had fHfi dAfeOLINA UNION PAEMER fi’agfe Threft found a diamond. It became a neigh borhood joke. But a final scientific examination proved it to be a genu ine diamond. Farther then to steer us in an av eragely satisfactory course, technical bookkeeping in farming will not prove a panacea for numerous ills. The man in debt knows reasonably well at the end of the year whether he has kept his interest paid and pos sibly some principal. The man out of debt knows equally well about how much he has laid out in permanent improvements, and about how much his bank accounts of the past year ex ceeds accounts of the previous year. To what extent the new income tax law will necessitate the keeping of more technical farm book accounts remains yet to be seen. It may not be amiss to begin a mild practice of the habit. I would not be understood as disfavoring farm bookkeeping, have practiced it since the beginning of my business year, and would not think of abandoning it, if for no oth er reason than, having been taught from infancy that we must live with in our income, my simple system of farm bookkeeping at ieast steers me in this direction. Chaiacteristics of the Farmer as a .Man of Business Affairs. Among the characteristics of my ideal “farmer as a man of business 'affairs” I would mention nothing but what I believe to be perfectly attain able by the ordinary farmer if he will but put forth the best efforts within his ordinary powers. He cannot sleep, away his hors. He must be wide-awake in daylight hours; he must think as he works; he must put good thoughts into action; he must be progressive; he must be capable of expansion; he must think some of the time of some one beside himself; he must pull occasionally on the oth er fellow’s tug; he must recognize the fact that there is a public side to agriculture that will not take care of itself, and that it devolves on him in a measure to assist at least in that supervision and that, too, without consideration of the salary that may or may not be in it. Don’t think too much about the salary; the other fel low will look after that. Remember that it is only what you do for others that will live after you when you are gone. Not the big salary that you won. Look rather with pity on the man who stands in his own door-yard and gazes as you open the snow bound road by his place. He is really so small that he will sometime drop out of sight and no one will know that he is gone. This “farmer of business affairs” must be observing, preceptive, ac quire the ability to perceive an op portunity, and know it with reason able certainty when he does see it; as much to do something else as to do for himself. He must be able to per ceive when he is really being milked as to perceive any other injustice, and perceiving that performance, comes a time when co-operation is almost necessary; individual effort will seldom avail. Then comes into play the paramount qualities of the “Good Mixer” as previously referred to. The “Farmer of Business Af fairs” by a life-time of reputable dealing has won the confidence of his fellow-men; and then if a communi- ity of such perchance abounds, what a power for good exists, and what can they not accomplish? In this line, extreme self-promotion, a pos sible personal characteristic in which I feel but little interest, is some times a serious drawback to an oth erwise very useful character. The ideal “Farmer of Business Af fairs’ has learned well by years of forethought to be reasonably pre pared for the inevitable disapoint- ments coincidents to farming, and (Continued on page 14.) The Cole No. 7 Planter Here is the Best Cotton Planter. It plants any depth to suit your soil and season. It is the original one seed plant er, drilling the seed one after the other, thick or thin, so that the young cotton stands in a straight line. Thus it is easier and cheaper to chop and to cultivate. 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The Carolina Union Farmer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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