Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1846-12-03

FROM THE NORTH CAROLINA FARMER.
LITTLE THINGS.

MI. Edicr,-In travelling through North
Carolina, I am frequently amused at such ex-
pressions as, .Afr. a. is one of our greatest
farmers he owns one thousand acres Of good
farm land, and runs twenty ~ploughs." Now
90 around Mr.. AS fence, look at his farm
you would say instantly that an intelligent
man had nothing to do with that farm. The
fence is out Of repair-ihe land about halt
plonghed-the stock in bad order-the corn
uneyen-the ploughs good for n~othing-the
horses poor and galled-bushes growing on
the ditch bank, IN the middle Of the field and
all about the fence-thc negroes are ragged
and Glthy-the master going like u mailman
all over the premises, complaining Of the dis
order here, there aud every where. And now,
what is the matter? All the difficulties grow
out Of the want Of a lille more contrlvance in
masters head" He wants to cultivate too
much land for his force; wants the land 10
improve itself without his trouble is mad with
the hogs because they won't fatten with less
food and nothing goes light. Now, the dif
ficulty lies here Mr.. A. thinks that good far
ming consists in the number Of ploughs q man
has, the number Of horses, hands, stock, SC.
lie never once thought about attending to H.
lie things. This is the crying sin Of farmers
generally. A want Of system, and attention
to the smaller circumstances OF the farm
They forgot that the great Architect of the
world has made himself as great in minute
ness as in magnitude, since the legs of the fly
have been fitted up with all the perfection Of
an AIR pump, and this, too, done by that hand
that formed those vast globes of light thatloat
in wide fields Of immeasurable space. A
friend called on MICHAEL ANGELO, who was
finishing a statue some tune afterwards he
called again; the sculptor was still at his
work; looking at the figure, his friend ex-
claimed, Have you been idle since saw you
last p"
'By no means" replied ANGELO. 81 have
retouched this part and polished that; | have
softened this feature and brought out this mus
Gle; | have given more expression 10 this lip,
and more energy 10 that limb
"Well. WELL" said his friend, ''all these
are uiles."
IN may be So replied ANGELO, "but recot
ieet trties make perfection, and that perfection Is
no triRe."
Let farmers think of that. How much hap
pier our farmers would be 10 restrict their la
bors 10 a smaller space, and bring that space
10 perfection. There would be much pleasure
IN looking al the scene-nore real profit ia the
end-and less agyJayation in attending 10 the
laboreFs. Then, let the farmer think II a ri
file to have all the weeds carefully wed from
abou, the yard, and thrown into the hog pen
have the mich cows curry-combed, the hor-
ses well rubbed the ditch banks trimmed down,
the clearings Of the bitches hauled INTO the lot
for manure, shrubs cut from about the fences,
pig-pens daily supplied with trash for manure,
all the ashes carefully saved, soap suds all
poured on the manure pile, manure piles kept
shaded as much as possible, see that the ma
nurc is spread The minute II IS carried into the
field, &c. SC; always remembering. 'that ri
Jtcs make perfection, and that perfection is no
tryie."
by THE WAY.
Btadcn Coimty, ". C..