WHAT I KNOW OF FAMING. 



i. 



WILL FARMINQ PAY? 



I COMMENCE my essays with this question, because, 

 when I urge the superior advantages of a rural life, I 

 am often met by the objection that Farming doesn't 

 pay. That, if true, is a serious matter. Let us con- 

 sider : 



I do not understand it to be urged that the farmer 

 who owns a large, fertile estate, well-fenced, well- 

 stocked, with good store of effective implements, 

 cannot live and thrive by farming. "What is meant 

 is, that he who has little but two brown hands to de- 

 pend upon cannot make money, or can make very 

 little, by farming. 



I think those who urge this point have a very in- 

 adequate conception of the difficulty encountered by 

 every poor young man in securing a good start in 

 life, no matter in what pursuit. I came to New- York 

 when not quite of age, with a good constitution, a 

 fair common-school education, good health, good hab- 

 its, and a pretty fair trade (that of printer.) I think 



