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COUNTY SOCIETIES. 
FARM MANAGEMENT AND FARMER CULTURE. 
From an Address before the Jefferson Agricultural Society, Sept. 1858, and the Kenosha Society, 
Sept, 1859. 
BY HON. L. P. IIARVEY. 
I trust that the farmers of this County are not contented with 
their present attainments in the science or in the practical de¬ 
tails of husbandry, as I am well assured very few of them are 
satisfied with the nett returns obtained from the capital and 
labor invested. Now, it is my belief, that about all disap- 
pointments in result from farming operations are directly 
chargeable to deficiency of attainment or attention. “Success,” 
says Mr. Greeley, “ everywhere follows thoroughness and 
crowns merit , else this world is a riddle, and distinction be¬ 
tween right and wrong a myth.” No man in any calling is 
quite exempt from liability to misfortune; but thrifty men, in 
the field as elsewhere, make the “luck ” which distinguishes 
their success above that of their neighbors. 
In our careless comments upon the habits and management 
of our acquaintances, we daily recognize the truth that some pos¬ 
sess the industry, tact, and force which command success against 
the most adverse circumstances; while others disclose deficien¬ 
cies that warrant failure, though the elements, the seasons, the 
markets, and every other extraneous cause conspire in their 
favor. There are farmers of whom we never reckon it possible 
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