The Farmer's Security

Tlio iiigii pri;:cs of life aro not oflered ín the farmer ; noi one in a thousand bcquires a princfily fortune by the cultivation of the soil. ïhia is so weli understnodby the nbrewd men 'who will he ricb,' that uitoost ecery man of tliem avoids farnung, as by instinct. Butthere is-another side to tbü subject, which is full of interest and instruution. Almost every farmer who has average bealth and industry, nequires a cornpetency and nn inlependenoo. Four out of five families will furnish proof of the apsertion, that tneu, beginniog witli nothing but vigorous industry and an unsullieJ name, have, vvithiu tlio last twenty years, risnn to tho poscssion of comfort and nbuudauce. Tlie escoptions to this remark are few, and can bo rcadily accounted for on tho most obvious Brinciples. Noiv set down againgt this iact, whioh the laat fifty ycars has devfiloped, namely, that nine out of ten of all who engage in trade f:iil in busines?, and farmers havo abundant reasnn to felicítate themselves on their position and its blcfsings. Whero the farmer exercises care and prudence, and does not go out of bis business to make money, he is quite beyond tlio reaoh of bankruptcy. We have taken some pains to learn the actual condition of tho farming interest io tho región of our ealeulation, and it is our belief that neariy evory serious caso of embarrassment has arisen from one or both of the two followitig oaases : Farmers have purchased faster tüan necessity required, or prudenco permitted ; or they havo gono beyond their business to engage in speculatiou, more or less remote from their work as farmers; when they havo beoome commercial men, ibey havo incurred the risk of commerce, and theso risks should not be set down to tho accouut of agriculturo ; for where farmers have kept aloof from these, they have avoided those entanglcments which have boen the 'lion's net" to so many mon. AVe iuvite the attention of our young men to those facts. Tliey are wortby ot the most tboughtful reflection. Other professioEs are always crowdcd to ovorflowing ; very few sneueed in thetn. The present commercial derangement is scatteriug the Êotitioua fabrics built ou hollow credit, while the farming interest