1855. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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plainly that "Reader's" idea is, that if old mort- I never supposed that "Reader" meant to do 

 gages are paid at all, in most cases the money me injustice by unfliir comments on my former 

 must come from some "outside operation," of articles, or by unjust criticisms. But still, when 

 which the iarm lias nothing to do with. In proof he began to talk of "Bagging up shade and selling 

 of this, lie gives his own experience in No. 3, | it at fifty dollars a ton as a fertilizer," I thought 

 where the mortgagor never paid a cent of either jit had a strong look that way, as though he 

 principal or interest ; but, in after years, it was might place me on a par with some other "sellers 



of fertilizers" that I could name, but should 

 rather not do so. Still, I may be wrong in this 

 matter ; if so, then all is right. 



One word more, and I liave done. To those 

 farmers of all classes who own farms, and think 

 they cannot afford to improve them, I s^iy, sell 

 out and quit the business at once, and enter on 

 some business that you can make something or 

 have some confidence in. For what satisfaction 

 is it to follow a business that you cannot make any 

 thing at ? When I hear farmers commence on a 

 complaining tirade that they cannot make any 

 thing at farming, or scarcely get a living, I never 

 want to hear them talk, for I am satisfied that 

 there is something wrong in the men or their 

 management. Yours, &c., L. Durand. 



Derby, Cl., Jan., 1855. 



paid in full by a son, who was a merchant's 

 clerk. Now what does this prove to us ? It 

 looks as though the management on that farm 

 was of the loose kind, or, in other words, just no 

 management at all; but such as would fetch any 

 man to ruin in time, if well carried out. In 

 proof of this doctrine, where was the son ? Why, 

 he was in a neighboring village, or city, acting 

 as a merchant's clerk, when he should have been 

 npoh the farm. AYhy , the son says, like thousands 

 of others, farming is of no great consequence any 

 way, as a living can be got, if you work hard 

 enough, but no money in reality can be made. 

 If I mean to get above a scanty living, I must 

 "pick ujj my duds," go into a merchant's 

 counting-room or lawj^er's office, and try to make 

 some money, -and, in reality, be somebody. Does 

 "Reader" see any reality in a picture of this 

 kind? If so, cannot he see some reason why 

 more old "farm mortgages" are not paid off than 

 there are or have been in years past ? . 



To us the whole thing in regard to mortgages 

 lies in a "nut-shell," namely, for success all de- 

 pends on men and management. ^ly idea is, that 

 the "farm should be made to carry the farm on its 

 own back'' — or, in other words, the farm should 

 be made to pay its own way, that is, give the 

 farmer his living and pay all necessary expense. 

 Why not ? For years, or ever since I was a boy, 

 I have heard farmers talk after this fashion : 

 Farming is well enough if you have got a farm 

 of your own ; but as for making money at farm- 

 ing, it is out of the question ; you must do what 

 you can ji^ourself, and let the rest go ; you cannot 

 afford to '-hire" any help, because it wont pay. 

 We goc in all our hay and harvest, said another 

 farmer, and only had to "hire'' so many days' 

 work ; just as though some feat had l)een accom- 

 plished. Now, if a farmer's labor will pay for 

 itself, why cannot a hired man's be made to pay 

 its own way, and leave a little profit to the far- 

 mer "? For, in reality, it is these extra days' work 

 on the farm tliat pay, after all. I repeat wliat 

 I have often said before on this point, that there 

 is no extra labor hired out in any business that 

 will pay belter tlian well-directed lalior on the 

 farm. Of course, the farmer must go with his 

 men, and see that the work is done as directed, 

 and not trust to the "honor" of his men to liav€ 

 the work done. But, then, wliat are young far- The Bayou Sara Ledger is mendacious ! The 

 mers to do that have just started? Nine-tentlis editor should have a "Report of Brighton Mar- 

 of them have to begin with nothing; of course ;ket" fastened for a week to his speeiacles. If we 

 their farms must be paid for under a " mort- : are ever reduced to "Pea Nuts and Pop Corn" 

 gage," or never' paid at all. Then they must for a pu])lie set-out, it must be owing to a great 

 'ements and tools ; expansion of his "peculiar institution." 



For the Ifeir Enir/and Farmer. 



PEA NUTS AHD POP COEIT ! 



Mr. Brown : — What do you suppose some of 

 our Southern friends think we have come to, in 

 these "hard times?" Why, sir, I have just cut 

 out the following, from the Bayou Sara Ledger, 

 Louisiana. It is represented as unusually rich 

 and varied. These luxuries were enjoyed at a 

 public supper at the No7-ik, in December, 1854. 

 Here is the 



BILL OF FARE. 



SOUP. 



Pea Nuts. 



Pea Nuts. 



Pea Nuts 



ROASTS. 



Com, a la Indian. 



BOILED. 



White Cora. 

 SIDE DISHES. 

 Pea Nuts, garnished with Pop-Coni. 

 Pea Nuts, with Pop-Corn Salad. 

 Pop-Corn, garnished with Pea Nuts. 



FIFTH COUKSE. 

 Pea Nuts. Pop-Corn. Ice Water. 



DESSERT. 



Pea Nuts — roasted. 

 Tucket Corn — popped. 

 Water — with Ice. 



LIQUORS. 



Water. Ice Water. 



Cold Water — with Pea Nuts. 



FINALE. 

 Tepid Water— with Pea Nut Shuck Toast. 



Will the Ledger man keep posted up? 

 Concord, Mass. w. 



have capital in farming implemen 

 never trust to your neighboring farmers t(j "bor- 

 row aud beg "tools" to work with, as this is a 

 shiftless policy, followed by too many farmers ; 

 own your tools, and then work with them. To Turkkvs to kill Crassuoppers. — I would advise 

 young farmers who commence in this way, I say your correspondent from Kentucky, who is an- 

 that tliere is no dilliculty at all but that you will.noyed with grassliopjiers, to keep on liis premises 

 come out right, with patience, perseverance and I a flock of turkeys. I was surprised a few years 

 good management, to carry out the system, in j ago, at seeing large Cocks of turkeys in the niead- 

 iyoiQ. jo-yya of a neighboring farmer, an enterprising, 



