The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1822-10-23

| general rule, it admits of exceptions
The considerate man needs not be told,
that, when he has been turned by low
cry weather, from his haying to Z lot of
bushes, he must, with the return of fair
weather, return to haying, though his
bushes be unfinished.
Another part of your system should
be, to keep your farming utensils all in
their proper place. This maxim in the
Christian Almanack, for 1890, " There
should be place for every thing, and
every thing should be in its place. is
OF more importance than seems gener-
ally Supposed. BY this method the ar
ticles will be of much longer duration
The operation of the weather. on tools
not sheltered, hastens their decay
When out of place, they are exposed
TO other injuries. They may be even
suddenly destroyed by mishap. Add to
this, they are exposed 10 be lost Far
mers and others, when they possess,
should remember that it is easier to
preserve than TO procure and we find,
in fact, that those who are negligent
respecting their farming utensils, are
never we'll supplied. They have fire.
quent occasion TO trouble their neigh
bours by borrowing. Not unfrequently
this very reason is given for borrowing
particular article, that their own is
mislaid and cannot be found. Here we
come 10 another reason, perhaps, the
most important of all, for having a
place for every thing, and every thing
IN Its place which is, that it NAV be
readily found when wanted. How I'M
productive is that time which is spent in
hunting for things because they are out
OF place! And how much time is, ia
some families, consumed in this manner?
1t IS probable that in the course of a
year, the amount of several days for the
whole family, which would be several
weeks TOR one individual, rs thus totally
lost. What enhances the evil is. that il
usually occurs, when time cannot be
spared without peculiar inconvenience.
One person is detained, and not unfre-
quently, several others; yes, and team
loo, when all are prepared TO enter i'm
medlateiy on business, excepting this
circumstance, that a particular tool can
not be found. The only method to pre-
vent this loss of time, as well as the
partial or even total loss of the tools
themselves is, TO have place for every
! thing, and every thing in its place. As
every farmer is unwilling that his tools
when he needs them, should be out Of.
place, by borrowing every one should
be so furnished as rarely 10 have occa..
sion TO borrow. Too much mconVeni-
ence IS occasioned by the practice Of
borrowing. Many injure themselves as
well as others by adopting the maxim,
that lis cheaper to borrow than to buy
Economy Itself requires that every far
mer be supplied with all the tools for
which he has frequent occasion, ana
others OF the cheaper descriptions for
which ne has but rare occasion. He
ought also to be supplied with a good
number OF shop tools. Four or five
dollars expended for this purpose may
save him many times this sum, by en-
abling him to afford timely repairs to his
bindings, gates, and fences, and 10 make
aud mend, at convenient time, his
farming utensils. These shop tools
when once procured, may last as long
as an ordinary life. But let him re-
member, when he has completed the
job at which he has been using them.
there never win be another SO conye-
nlent time to return them to their place.
When will he be nearer to them than
when at the very place where they are
When can be more conveniently lay
them in their proper place, than when
he has them in his hands 1t is proper
In TINS conDexion to introduce the gem
eral remark, PreUent those losses zvhich
are the result Of Neglect. Men might be
found, and even named, whose property
now lost in this manner would, if saved
and applied to charitable purposes, be
sufficient 10 change their character from
that OF niggardly to that of liberal
Their fences are sunk into the earth, and
the bottom rails rotting their boards
AMI other lumber are drawn from the
mill, and LETT weeks and months scatter
ed on the ground 10 warp and decay -
their gates and doors are left as sport
Tor the wind till dashed in pieces or
torn from their hinges. Other things
are IN similar condition. A heavy tax
this Such man is indeed very poorly
prepared to aid the cause Of charity,
were he SO disposed.