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farmer ; you will more readily see the rocks that ol)strnct your 

 way, and the rough places tliatwith a little cai)ital can be made 

 smooth ; and some part of the time when other thing? do not 

 drive, you will turn your attention in that direction, and when 

 once accomplished you will he surprised that you did not do it 

 sooner, and your courage will be increased from year to year 

 to do more, thereby rendering the land more productive and at 

 the same time easier of cultivation. We take no steps back- 

 ward in civilization or improvement. Things may look formid- 

 able at first sight, but when fairly met the battle is half won, 

 and what were supposed to be almost impossibilities are readily 

 overcome. 



One of the great obstacles in the way of successful farm- 

 ing was the great labor and care of the dairy. At early morn 

 the dairy-woman was seen at the cheese tub, which would hardly 

 be left until the sun had reached its high meridian, added to 

 which was the care of the cheese already made. This would 

 sometimes bring discouragement to the dairying community. 

 But we have arrived at a new era in this department. With 

 the use of a small capital in the erection and furnishing of a 

 cheese factory, the milk in a circle of from four to six miles is 

 brought together, and there manufactured into cheese with an 

 economy almost as great as the present manufactory of cloth 

 over the primitive times. These, although of recent date, are 

 as sure of permanency as the cotton factories now scattered all 

 over New England. Who that has had experience with cheese 

 factories would desire to return to the old system of cheese 

 making ? And yet it requires capital, energy and perseverence, 

 for advancement in this direction and all the departments of 

 farming, as well as in all the various industries to which the 

 attention of man is called. And no one will succeed here or 

 anywhere else who is not willing to put his shoulder to the 

 wheel, and who does not feel that he has a business that is best 

 for him, and one in which he is determined to succeed. 



What should we think of a merchant who should stand at 

 his counter and complain to his customer that his business did 

 not pay ? Should he take that course, it probably would not pay. 

 We should all say, do not spend your breath or energy in tliat 

 direction, but by the investment of a sufticient amount of capital, 

 and a close attention to your purchases and sales, and feeling 



