212 MY FARM. 



making fanners, who pinch to save. There is a 

 jingling resonance of money at the end, but it is 

 not tempting ; it has come upon a barren life, with 

 out glow or reach a life whose parlors have been 

 always closed. 



Does Farming Pay? 



AND now let us prbciser the whole matter, and 

 get rid, if we can, of that interminable ques 

 tion does Farming pay ? 



Will shop-keeping pay ? Will tailoring or Doc 

 toring pay? Will life pay? How do these ques 

 tions sound ? And yet they are as reasonable as the 

 one we come to consider. Tell me of the capacity 

 of the Doctor of the tailor ; tell me of his location, 

 and of his aptitude for the business, and I can 

 answer. Tell me of what material you propose to 

 make a farmer, tell me of his habits, and of the con 

 dition of his soil and markets, and I can tell you if 

 he will find a profit or none ; and this, without re 

 gard to Liebig, Short-horns, or the mineral theory. 



Successful farming, it must be understood, is not 

 that which secures a large monied result this \ear, 

 and the next year, and the year after ; but it is that 

 which snsures to the land a constantly accumulating 

 fertility, in connection with&quot; remunerative results. 

 The theory of the agricultural doctors, that every 



