^tnthman |nming,— ik (Dtlju Bi'^t, 



N a former article, an attempt was made to 

 show, by tlie experience of Mr. Lorain, that 

 farming by city gentlemen of no experience 

 was a dangerous experiment, attended with 

 ^:;V» many vexations and unexpected losses, crosses, 

 and expenses. It would be scarcely fair not 

 to give the other side ; the case of a successful 

 " gentleman's" farm, where the proprietor 

 understands his business. Such a case we 

 are fortunate in having been put in possession 

 of, and we are confident it is not a solitary 

 one. 



In a conversation at Wodenethe, the topic 

 was incidentally introduced, and Mr. H. W. 

 Sargent recollected that Mr. Ltirman, a gentle- 

 man farmer, near Baltimore, had last year made 

 out, by request of Mr. S., a statement from his 

 books, which is as nearly accurate as possible. 

 Our friend asked permission to publish it ; 

 this was readily granted, as the following note 

 will testify : — 



Forest Home (near Baltimore), July 5, 1856. 



My Dear Sir : Miss W. said, a few days ago, that the editor of the Horticulturist desires 

 to publish, as probably of interest to the reader, the farm statements I sent you last year. 

 I feel much complimented by his notice. If I recollect right, I gave you a calculation, or, 

 rather, accounting sales of my last year's wheat crop, and also, a statement of what might 

 be done on a farm of 400 acres. 



To these various statements I have to add the counsel, to every gentleman farmer,^ never 

 to spend or lay out on his farm one quarter of a dollar uselessly, or without producing an 

 adequate return ; on the other hand, to be liberal with every necessary expenditure. 



I am quite convinced that capital can be employed proQtably in agriculture, and it would 

 produce a great improvement in the state of society in this country, if country homes, are 

 made profitable as well as ornamental and attractive. My receipts for cherries, this season, 

 were $332 03, in seven days, and I lost three days or $200 by wet and hot weather. 



Faithfully yours, Gustav W. Lurmax. 



To H. W. Sargent, Esq. 



In addition to the moneyed result, the most undoubted evidences exist that there 

 is a large revenue in the shape of the most bountiful provision for a bountiful table, 

 produced on the place— such as the best fruits of the garden, the orchard, and 

 the field. Indeed, it is one of Mr. Liirman's very pleasant hobbies, that as nearly 

 everything as circumstances will permit that is set before his large family and his 

 many guests, shall be the product of the farm ; and certainly we have never seen 

 better'in any sense. We must, therefore, in making up a moneyed calculation of 

 the produce of this admirable farm, add at least two or throe thousand dollars for 

 what is consumed by his large establishment, composed of the many served and 

 their servitors. We are authorized by our own observations, and by Mr. Liir 

 books to say, therefore, that his investments in farming yield him, after and bey 



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