DISCOURAGED FARMERS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 355, 30 March 1889, Page 7

DISCOURAGED FARMERS.

That the low prices ruling during the past few years have proved as trying to the fanning industry in the United States as elsewhere, is amply borne out by statements made in the Press of the great republic. The San Francisco Bulletin commenting on the difficulty of making farming pay, gives the following excellent advice to its agricultural readers : — There are hundreds of discouraged farmers in this country. They do not hesitate to advertise their condition. One can hardly blame them. The world looks dark, indeed, to the man who has lost his courage. Courage is fickle ; it is hard to win it back when once it is driven away. It is customary to sneer at the discouraged farmer, and tell him that his failures are his own fault. This talk does no good. It only makes a man more bitter to cay " I told j-ou so " to him. Such men need encouragement and hope, and not sneers. Miny a man who has worked carefully, honestly and well, finds himself no higher up the scale of agriculture than he was a year ago, No wonder the long days of drudgery lie behind him blacken his prospects now and magnify his obstacles. We appreciate the position of such a man, but we would beg of him, for the sake of his family at least, to keep his courage and cheerfulness. You owe a duty to your family. The Ptrong must uphold the weak. Strength comes only through suffering. I When you give up you give everyone of your children a lesson in cowardice. Life is not pobad after all. Your work has not been all in vain. There are plenty of people worse off than 3*oll are. Hundreds of these city people who go about with plenty of money, who never seem to be troubled, have a life-long hunger gnawing away at their hearts. Rest assured that some man en\ ies you your lot". You would not sell your own health 01 the health of your wife and childien for any money. The world is better than it might be, friends. Let us make the best of it. Times are going to be better again. Never get so sour and discouraged that you cannot enjoy the good times when they come.