. A book of country clouds and sunshine; . then, and large plans are made for the nextseasons work. It is easy to dream dreams ; but, when it comesto the work, it costs to make them real, and the feeling as towhat is possible and desirable changes. Work crowds, the hotdays come, and enthu-siasm melts with thesnow on the if a man doesraise an extra lot ofchickens, or is firstwith his pease in themarket, it is hard forthe family to realizethat they have handledany more money thanusual, for it goes aboutas quickly as ever. Oneor two seasons of effortin a particular directionis usually
. A book of country clouds and sunshine; . then, and large plans are made for the nextseasons work. It is easy to dream dreams ; but, when it comesto the work, it costs to make them real, and the feeling as towhat is possible and desirable changes. Work crowds, the hotdays come, and enthu-siasm melts with thesnow on the if a man doesraise an extra lot ofchickens, or is firstwith his pease in themarket, it is hard forthe family to realizethat they have handledany more money thanusual, for it goes aboutas quickly as ever. Oneor two seasons of effortin a particular directionis usually enough, evenif the experiment isfairly successful. Theman tires of it, and re-laxes into the formermonotony, or turns tosomething still newer. It is the idea on afarm tliat it is possibleto keep a dollar bill a long time, but that ninety-nine cents is bound to melt awayat once, and most unaccountably. Break a bill, and the changeis soon spent. Once they have a bill, many of the farm peopletreasure it, and only break it as a last WoRKlNL. OVEK BUTTEK VI. FINANCIERINGON A SMALL FARM 88 It is supposed, too, that it is conijiaratively easy to pay dayby day for wliat you l)u\. hut that an account allowed to run afew montlis, or even a few weeks, is extremely difficult to catchup with, and that it is bound to be much larger than you hadany idea it would be. Of course, when the bill is presented, thedaily wants continue just the same; and to raise the money tocancel the bill, there has to be extra scrimping, or else a largerportion of the farm produce must hnd immediate market. Butthere is another way to nieet the tlebt ; that is, to pay a littleon the bill and keep it running. Probably the account systemis not economy for our farmers. They buy what the} want whenthey have it charged. Otherwise the) buy what they can payfor. If they have a dollar and a half, the} can patronize thebutcher on his weekly or semi-weekly visit ]il)erall}. If theyhave only twenty-five cents, they
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