The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1860-11-01


rising early---going to business at tho
proper time, and continuing at it un-
less something of special Importance
forced them away. We would rarely
find them going away without business
Constant toll is their motto. And to
tho lazy man this time implies power.
full drudgcry-but to the active, indus.
trious man IL imparts nothing unpleas-
ant. What tho world calls constant
toll has to him become his daily rocre.
alton 1T makes his rest ut night sweet,
and that again prepares him for tho
vlgor and ACTIVITY Of now day. And
it il difficult 10 tell which is the more
pleasant, the rest that the labor pre-.
pares him for, or the labor that tho rest
prepares him tor.
have a very high opinion (when
connected with the farming interests
Of good grass seed and blooded stock,
but without industry they add but little
to the wealth of the farmer. A lazy
mans grass isnever sown in time. ltis
always badly put in, and is too early
grazedbecauso such u farmeris generally
out ofgrain. Hepcrhaps fails to NOW it
ut all, especially ifhe has three or four
stacks of fodder to make out ,0ih.
His blooded stock, tor the want of
care and attention, soon require certif.
Gates to prove that they are blooded-
and they are no longer looked at and
admired for the beauty impaired by
the blood. But the passing remark,
"Shabby as that horse looks, he's ono
of the best bloodcd horses in the coun.
ty," attracts attention, and the horse
is only noticed to see if it can be posi-.
bic that the truth has beon told.
But the, industrious man makes the
most Of his grass seod--he puts it in
right, and in time-he takes care of his
hay. lie has colt that lacks one
half or three-fourths ofbeing thorough
bred yet his hay and corn and good
attention supply the defects, smoothon
his hair, and give him life. And there
is always ready assent by tho
knowing horseman to the undoubted
blood Of the animal.
The handmaid of industry is econo-
my, without which the farmer hasn't
the fl ST solitary charm. For aman to
work hard all the summer, and make q
good crop Of corn, and then for the
want of care in fixing up the fences, to
suffer the stock to destroy it, although
frequently done, is so abs Jlutely rcpul-
sive that it becomes disagreeable sub
ect of contemplation. Not less so is
tho want Of economy in many other
things,
A mans barn, for the want Of cover.
ing or sheltering, rots down. His crop
ofapples is permitted to remain on the
trees until they are injured by the
freeze. His potatoes arc 50 badly and
careessly put away, that they all rot.
His plows and harness are left in the
field at the end ofthe season, and in the
course of two or three years.an entirely
new set have to be purchased.
While upon the other hand, rigid
economy gathers and puts away the
fruits of industry, which, in short
time, by we'll known law of nature,
is converted into little gold mine,
But, practically, to the farmer of
Franklin county, what ought we to
do? We ought to improve our lands.
How are we to do this !? BY resting
and seeding. WHAT have we to learn
before we can do this? We have TO
learn to make more use Of grass, AMI
less use OF corn. ..
Is this practicable? Beyond all
question it is. In all fine stock raising
countries gtLs5 $ IN lca u'el, anl corn
but little Most of the fine horses that
are brought to this country from Yer
mont, as well as those that are impor-
ted, have been raised entirely without
corn. That our soil is sufficiently adap-
ted to grass to make ours u ste ok coun-
try there can DO no doubt; and hence
if we will raise grass and stock we can
improve our lands.
Why should we not so at it? 1t IS
certainly more pleasant and interest
ing business than our old business of
corn one year, and the next year corn
again. The best modes of raising
grass and stock will only be known to
us when we become an intelligent peo-
pie upon that subject. There is intclli.
gence in this business, as well as in the
learned professions; and our farmers,
ifthey expect 10 be successful as well as
reputable in their pursuits, must inform
themselves. TO do this, thoy must
work for themselves-fnd out Dhat is
being done elsewhere, and how it is be-
ing done. All these things we can
learn from our best agricultural papers
and from correspondence and observa.
ton, A man who pretends to be a
farmer, is shamefaIly culpabIe If he is
content with what no learned when he
.. . Lo,, obout far,n;n0-if he rests