The Winchester home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-06-13
Advantages of TOrcthOUGht in
Farming Operations.

man has the advantage. Close, con-
Sccutive wcl-dircctcd thought, al
ways brings u rich reward to the
thinker. Where any thing is to be
performed, forethought is necessary,
TO the professional man, forcthought
IS an invaluable portion of his capital;
50 it is to the merchant and the me-
chanic. TO the farmer, it is absolute
~ indispensable. lie might better do
without a team or plow, what with
out lorethought
HAp-HAzARD is u farmer without
torethought. He sleeps or smokes
when he should be thinking. BY him
The long winter evenings are drowsed
away. Spring comes. Gentle show
crs, a balmy atmosphere and genial
sunshine are ready to assist him. He
has no plans laid. Seed time is at
hand, and his fences are unrcpaired,
and his manure remains in unsightly
heaps in his barn-yard. He harness
IS his horses, and fastens them to the
plow, which is found in the field
where he turned his last furroW the
summer before. "ln one short hour
the decayed wood work is torn from
the castings. A new plow must be
purchased, or the old one repaired.--
Either will take time. The same is
true in respect to all his farm imple-
ments. Now, when he should be
lowing and planting everything else
must be done cleaning seed, fencing
carting manure, hauling grain to mar
ict and wood to the house, purchasing
and repairing tools, sc. When day
dawns, he has no plan for the days
work; perhaps dozen different kinds
of work will engage his attention.
The consequence is, that nothing is
done well--nothng in season. He
raises poor crops; briars, brambles and
thistles disfgure his fields; his fences
invite his neighbors cattle to crafty
their appetites within his enclosure;
loose boards upon his barn, as well as
swinging doors. make harsh music
whenever the wind blows; his stock
shivers with the cold during winter;
his wagon and other implements be-
come rheumatic: his dwelling looks
like the drunkards house; he soon
comes to the conclusion that "agricul-
tural editors and professors, in the en-
ioyment of salaries, are almost the
only men who think farming profta-
Bile
Mr.. ORDERLY is q farmer who
exercises foYcthought. During his
leisure hours, when nature sleeps, he
plans for the busy season. When his
farm work does not hurry, he paints
and repairs his tools, prepares his seed,
rcbuids his fences makes compost
of his manure, and decides upon Il
plan for the rotation Of his crops -
Forethought enables him to perform
every kind of labor, just at the proper
season; it enables him to guard
against destructive insects, to make
every kind Of soil friable and produc-
tive, to counterfeit the disastrous ei.
fccts OF drouth to prevent disease in
his stock, and to raise only remuncr'
alive crops. His dwelling and Other
buildings all present a neat, substan
tlal and attractive appearance; his
abundant haryests reward his toll; his
cheerful and happy family doubly pay
him for all his labor and forethought
his granary grOans beneath its burden
his purse becomes plclhoric with gold;
and his table is loaded with the MANY
Injuries Of the field and the garden
lie will tell you that farming PAYS
His sous and daughters, virtuous and
intelligent as they have become. will
rcassure you that farming. with fore.
thought. pag'.
With foTeihouch' farming is a
delightful occupation; without IT. 1t il
s.avish druJgery. Forethought pre-
pares the farmers pathway Tor 4