The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-01-08
LITTLE THINGS.

Mn. EpIroR: In travelling through
North ca'ollna. ] am Frequently amused
Al such expressions as" Mr. 4. is one
oi nnr greatest farmers; be owns loco
acres Of good farm land, aud runs 20
plnughs." Now 60 around Mr.. As
fence. lonk al his farm; You would say
Instantly thai an intelligent man had moth
ing I" dn with that farm. The fence is out
OF Iepair-ihe land about hall pIoughed
the stock IN bad order. the corn uneven,
The ploughs good for nothing. the horses
poor and galded-bushes growing on the
ditch bank IN the middle Of the field and
all about the ience-ihe negroes are rag
ged and 6l'hy-lhe master going like a
mailman I'll over the premises, complain
ing u the disorder here. there and every
where. And now. what il the matter.
All the difficulties grow out of the want
OF little more cOnlriyance in =. Masters
head" lie wants to cultivate too much
land for his lnrce: wants the land to i'm.
prove Itself siIhout his trouble; il mad
with the hogs because they won't faIlen
with less l"od; and nothing goes tight.
Now, The difficulty lies here; Mr.. A.
thinks tina good farming consist. in the
number e ploughs man has, the num-
ber0f horses, hands. stick, &c. lie never
once thought about attending TO Hnis
things. This is the crying sin Of far
mers generally. A want Of system, aud
attention To the sma Ter circumstances Of q
farm. They forget that the great Architect
Of the world has made himself as great in
minu'eness as IN magnitude, since the legs
of fly have BEEN fitted up with all the
perfection Of al air-pump, aud this too,
done by that hand that formed those vasl
globes of light that float in wide fields al
immeasurable space. A friend called On
Michael Angelo, who was finishing a sta
tue; some time afterwards he called again
the sculptor was still at his work; look
ing al the figure, his friend exclaimed
4" Have you been idle since ! saw yoI
last" By no means" replied Angelo
:" have relouched this part and polished
that; have sofiened this feature ant
brought out that muscle; | have giyer
more expression to this lip and more en-
ergy TO that limb" "Well. WE'LL" sal,
his friend, "alI these are tribes" Il
may be So" replied Angelo, "but recol
lect that lrifles make per ecton, and tina
perfection is no triile." Let farmers thiEl
Of that. lilo" much happier most Of ou
farmers would be to restrict their labour
to smaller space, and bring that space Il
perfection. There would be much mnr,
pleasure in looking at the scene-mor,
real profit in the end-and less aggra
walton IN attending to the labourers
Then, let no farmer lhibk it a iri6p Il
have all the weeds carefully wed iron
! about the yard. and thrown into the hog
! pen--have the milch cows curry-combed
| the horses we'll rubbed, the ditch bank
trimmed down. the clearings OF the ditch
es hauled into the lot Tor manure, shrub
/ cut from about the fences. pig-pens dali
, supplied with trash for manure. all tn
, ashes carefully saved, soap-suds llpouI
. ed on The manure pile, manure piles keI
, shaded az much as possible, see that Oh
! manure is spread that minute it is carrie
: into the field, &c. &c. always remember
, ing, "that, triiles make perfection. an
! that perfection is no trlhe."
, @~@ BY THE WAY.
Baden County, N. C.. .--.-*