AND WHERE TO FIND ONE. 93 



would enjoy the best privileges of American life and so 

 ciety. 



&quot; Another thought. The new location should be suited 

 to the tastes and character of the purchaser. Men of ma 

 ture age are usually of fixed habits and dispositions, such as 

 do not change with a removal to another home. They 

 should find then, in the new, the best pleasures and con 

 veniences of the old, and as many improvements as may be. 

 But if circumstances require any considerable change, it 

 should be remembered that to make it will require some 

 exertion and energy they must expect this, or meet disap 

 pointment. Their children may find a happier and better 

 life in the new locality the sacrifice of old habits can be 

 made for their sakes. 



&quot; As a business, the requisites of successful farming de 

 pend to a considerable extent on the choice of the farm. 

 It should be one which the owner has the means and the 

 understanding to manage. One cannot put all his capital 

 in land, and expect to farm profitably on credit and make 

 shifts often so cramped that all improvements are out of 

 his reach. As well might the merchant put his whole cap 

 ital into a fine store, reserving nothing to purchase the goods 

 wherewith to fill the shelves and attract customers. It re 

 quires as much capital to stock and carry on a farm gener 

 ally, as to pay for the land itself. The farmer needs capital 

 to keep his credit good to take advantage of the markets 

 in buying and selling, and in making seasonable improve 

 ments. A farmer loses money who is compelled by want 

 of money to sell his crop at the lowest stage of the market, 

 or who cannot command extra labor in any emergency of 

 the season, or who is obliged to wait for years to get a few 

 hundred dollars to drain a swamp that would pay him the 

 interest on a thousand dollars as soon as the work was 

 done. 



