Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1854-12-07

had, would often be preferable.
We must take an interes, in them, and
make their homes comfortable. The Eng
lish proprietor takes a great interest in his
,ensnts-his 'co,,sgers," ss he calls them
and is proud TO show you their neat, COM
Portable dwellings ; and will take care a, the
same time, to let the guide wife show you
her neat, clean cottage, her ruddy children,
and cupbosrds filled with crockery ware !;
The la,ier-the crockery ware in The opin-
ion of the owner Of both, seeming, howev-
er, to challenge the mos. admiration!
This tenan.-lsbor is what we, in Dela-
ware, good deal depend upon at present,
especially among The larger cul.iva,ors.-
twenty-five dollars a year is the price u.s.
ually allowed the landlord for the ren, OF
house and garden end fifty cents q day,
and board, is paid for labor, furnishing reg
uIsr work, all fair days, for nine or ten
mon,hse Sometimes through harvest, har.
vest wages are paid or where The ,enent is
hired by the wear, $3.50, or $40, or $3.50;
or $40 or Sl2 month is paid, as The par.
ties NAV bargain.
These laboters, lodging themselves, are
less IN The way than young men. Then
they are much easier paid it is felt less, as
they are paid, to a considerable extent, off
the fsrm-'hus making a home msrke,.-
Then they are reliable they are always
there. for their families are there, and come.
times The wife, or The Junior members Of the
family, may be Of service, and can be called
on in the hurry and press Of harvest, or a,
other times, for lighl jobs or for domestic
labor To be surrounded by an industri-
Gus yeomanry Of This kind, comfortably fed
Pre,or, and will make him feel strong for
executing business on the farm. The rela-
ZION is pa,riarchal, and is an interesting one;
but The interest Of the proprietor should no.
be confined 10 getting work out Of bis men,
and even paying them fairly for it. He
should interest himself to know lha, they
spen! their means wisely, inquire how they
were getting on, how they were likely to
make The ends of the year meet, be sure that
The garden was we'll cultivated, lha, the gar
den seeds were provided, and even propose,
VIZ: ell or any Of his tenants, a generous
competition for producing the best and ear
lIest vegetables thus, by lille address,
exciting their emulation, and insuring an a.
bundsnce on their humble bu, nea..spread
5oards. The tenant will soon realize that
he is getting on well, and be contented !;
and The conlented man is always bes, pre-
pared to discharge bis duties. Is this per-
sonal interest in his laborers and .enan,ry
too great tax on the proprietor On the
contrary. he should find his happiness in
it, for be would often realize .hs, while
thus promoting his own ends, be was dis
charging high Christian duties, the duties of
philanthropy and beuevolence. There is a
certain kind Of society, too, TO be found by
the well-reguIslcd mind, in intercourse will,
these unletlered sons Of toll. The man who
always preserves his own self respect will
never be in danger from any familiarity Of
not receiving The respec, of others. Such
permanent tenants get 20 take an interest in
the farm and in The success Of its operations.
for they feel their own is identified with it.
That these views may not seem 10 rest mere
Iy on theory, may add .ha. have half q
dozen on my own estate, who have been
with me mos. of them, for several years
end have found The relation, as have de-
scrIbed il, one of the bes. that can exist in
The absence Of other labor, between The pro-
prie.or and The hands on bis farm.
Mex. to this description Of laboI--perhap
indeed, where i. is practical to obtain it equal
to it, and, on the score Of expense, ev en- pre-.
ferable to il-is apprentice labor. This re-
ls'on Of master and apprentice is as old as
.he common law; and, though more often
confined to binding on, to learn some me-
chemical trade, it is equally applicable TO &C.
quiring knowledge of the cart aud mysIe-
ry" of agriculture.
recently saw q statement in an English
agricultural periodical Of The expense this
kind of labor, in an account the master OF
twenty apprenliced boys to agriculture had
carefully kept, giving the items Of board,
the cos! Of each meal, Of cloths, velve,een
coats and pants, shirts, caps, shoes, &C., ell
drawn up with The utmost detail and care,
and he clearly showed it was the cheapest
labor in Eng land cheaper than hiring la
Dor a. twenty five cents day, and the la
borer boarding himself
have len Of these apprentices on my
farm at this time, colored boys, bound till
they are !wen.y-one, and have not had less
than This number for The las. ten years.
They begin to earn their living very early.
Y ou may work farm very chesply with this
kind Of labor. II black apprentices canno. al
ways be Obtained, while ones, may, from
The cities. The advantage to agriculture
and the country will be if .hs agricultural
apprentice system could be more generally
adopted, ,ha. we shonld be growing up a
we'll trained Sc, of farm laborers whose skill
and services would be of benefit 10 the coun-
try as we'll ss 10 themselves.
Now as TO the MANAGEMENT OF FARM
HANDS, and i. is q very imporlsn. subject,
snd one no. half enough eonSidered. IN