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 Payf 



AND now let us prdciser 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 year, 

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

 which ensures to the land a constantly accumulating 

 fertility, in connection with remunerative results. 

 The theory of the agricultural doctors, that every 



