Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1859-12-15
Head Work In Farming.


every year, which might be saved better directed
This is true in all kinds OF business and not the least in
farming For instance how many farmers toll on, year
after year with scanty or imperfect implements of hus
bandry The modern improvements, which much
labor, and do the work cheaper and better, they will
have nothing to do with. Improved varieties of seed
they hold to be almost without exception humbugs.-
Draining and subsoi blowing are ranked in the same
catalogue-hey labor lost but manuring cold wet
lands, and blowing late in summer few inches Deep
gathering scanty crOps-t1S is not labor lost Rotation
of crops and manuring lands with reference the grain
roots to be grown on them, they consider something
like book-farming-a very dang =rous thing.
We never could see why farmers should not think for
themselves, and be able to give satisfactory for
every process they undertake. We never could why
they should not endeavor to improve in all farming opera
tonsto learn the very best way of doing everything
and then to do it 1t is told of certain back woods
farmer, who had not yet found time to clear the stumps
from his fields that bis boys complained bitterly of their
troubles IN blowing and narrowing the old fashioned
drag especially troubled them by its frequent over
turngs while plungDg among the stumps, and needing
to be set right side up at every few rods Boys said
the cnraged farmer one day, take that harrow
the blacksmith, and tell him to make all the teeth twice
their present length and sharp at both ends and we'll
see what that'l do" The thing done the teeth
pointed both ways, like those OF revolving rake
Gee up, Bill, go long But father, it has u, set
again, bad as before Never mind, boy 60 right
ahead it will work we'll either side up See now what
work. and the field narrowed in spite of the sumps
We might have selected more dignfed example of the
use of headwork but this homey story will answer our
purpose.
In matter of rotation of crops there is need of fore
thought and management. Some farmers neglect to
manure largely because of its expensveness they would
like to underdran more extensively and to subsoi pillow
their lands if these things did not cost more time labor
and money than they think they spare. But it costs
no more to follow good system of rotation of crops
Yet such system may bring the farmer hree-fod grea-
ter and better crops. nor in devisng such pan has
he got to depend entirely his experience sagac
ty. Books and agricultural journals are at hand con
tanning the result of other mems experience and all he
has to do is to adapt such information to the wants oil
his own very little head-work of this sort would
pay well.
Why SHE DID IT.-The reason why that young
lady printer at Cleveland attempted to shoot the
man compositor, was because the latter had remarked
that somebody would have to get another font Of sna
caps for her before long.
All That's the reason, then why she used the shoot
ing stick"
The editor OF the Hartford Times says :" a manufac
turer called upon this morning. and said that large
share of his business had been done at the South bu
that his trade has been cut off this fall that he ALREADY
feels most dsastrousy the effects of the unriendy feel
ing that has lately been industrously encouraged a
the North His agents at the South want no more 0
his goods, and his losses this winter will be severe"
IDLENEss-Sad the distinguished Chatham to biz
son :" would have inscribed upon the curtains o
your bed and the walls of your chamber. If you d.
not rise early you cannot make progress any thing
Ii you do not set apart your hours OF reading if yoU
suffer yourself any else to break in upon them
your days will slip through your hands Improbable ant
frivolous, and really unemployed by yourself"
Gov McWilie, of Mississippi, has .recanty commu
nicated special message to the Legislature of tina
State recommending the payment the Planters Banl
Bonds of that State. This debt originally amounted
10 nd in nhor,f