The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-03-12
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Distribution ofLabor.

, we sometimes Visit our FARMER friends
In the summer time, and of course, always
find them in a prodigious hurry. The
general complaint is, "there is so much to
do. and labor is so scarce" In most ca
ses, this seems to be said by way of apol-
ogy for poor cultivation, neglected repairs,
or work all behind hand. In conse-
quence of such scarcity oflabor, and hur-
ry, innumerable losses are sustained; an
hours labor bestowed here, or day
y labor in another place, might have secur-
ed profits, or prevented losses, to the ex,
tent of many dollars, or, possibly, of hum
dreds, even.
"A. Now cannot this miserable hurrying
system, with its attendant evils, be avoid
ed? We believe it may, and that little
good calculation will secure tolerably
edual distribution of farm labors, through
the entire year. We will offer few sug-
gestions on the subject, and leave our
readers to pursue the subject at their
leisure.
( Our first suggestion is, that farming
may be made more miscellaneous. The
amount Of one or two great staples will
be diminished, but there may be an in
crease in the number of products, and
probably, without any diminution of the
aggregate value. Different crops will re-
quire attention at d tferent periods, and,
therefore all the labor will not be thrown
upon one part of the season. Even on
stock farms, the haying season may be
prolonged, and the extreme pressure of
work during any one month, avoided, by
having meadows of different kinds of
grass, or by not relying exclusively on
grass. as forage crop. Meadows seed
ed with orchard grass and red clover, will
be fit to cut early in June, before the tim
otby is nearly ripe; and there will be time
, to secure The timothy before the red top,
apd later grasses, begin to suffer. Why,
then, should not these be sown separate
ly, and secured, one after the other, as
they ripen? And, if one or more acres
should be sown with corn, for fodder, it
might be secured after other crops are
gathered and be worth four times as much
as hay crop, from the same land.
Our next suggestion is, that the farm
er may anticipate, or do before hand,
some Of the work of the busy seasons; as,
for example, fall Flowing may often save
the necessity Of plowing in the short ID
busy spring. Implements may be pro-
cured, and ready for use before the day
for using them arrives. 1t would be bet
ter that all such wants should be antlci-
pated, than that men and teams should
be kept waiting for some indispensable ar
ticle, as too often occurs.
We would also suggest the propriety
q of seeking out a greater amount Of prof
liable employment for farm hands. during
the winter months. In the absence of
such employment, Agricultural laborers
ere compelled to resort to other pursuits,
and consequently, the farmer, when he
met needs help, cannot obtain it, But
let he farmer raise his field of broom
corr, or his patch of basket willows, and
have them worked up during the winter,
or let him prepare portable fences, or
make stakes and caps for securing our
common rail fences. In these, or other
ways, let him furnish steady employment
. forthe hands he will need during the hay
ing and harvest seasons, and he will have
no 'rouble in finding help. Besides the
ordinary work of the farm, which every
season brings, the farmer should project,
and carry on such permanent improve
ments as will add to the value of his es-
tate, and increase his annual profits. If
these works are laid out with judgement,
and carried on steadily, when other work
is not pressing, they will furnish regular
employment for men, that, otherwise,
must be turned away, and, perh APPS, not
readily found again, when needed. In
short, we think it the farmers duty, as
well as interest, to make such plans and
calculations as will enable him to distrib-
ute his labors, through the entire year,
as uniformly as possible. Ii this were
done, we think that farming would not on
ly be pleasanter, and more profitable TO
the farmer, but, at the same time, those
who resort to Agricultural labor, for live.
lihood, would find it more desirable, be-
cause employment would be more certain,
and its remuneration more uniform.-O.
Farmer.
Items about Sheep.
WooL.-ln a wild state, sheep shed
their wool every year; in domesticated
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