New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-07-23
NEW PUBLICATIONS.


..l,,n,s brings 10 the eucidstion OF its various
-. make the perusal Of il as entertaining as its
.uoessops are instructive. II is evidently written
Ann personal experience and reflection, with a
nvely interest in the subject, wen as extensive
tnouiedee Of its details, and hence ia quite free
mum the formality and dryness which are 30 gen.
srsny the bsne Of productions that SAVIOR Of book
hrrning rather than of actual familiarity with the
ssil The present volume is chiefly devoted to d.
ings fences, and farm gates, with full account of
De most important implements in the workshop OF
the farmer, and instructions for their USE tbs TO
-he followed by another volume relating more par
heularly 10 the management of the soh ana the
cultivation of crops. The few extracts which we
sssjoin arc sufficient proof that the author has
something to say and knows how to say 1t.
HOW To lay ovr WORK TO ADVANTAGE.
Rverv farmer m order 70 be successful must have
vvsIl-aeeeted plans for performing every operation
connected with bs business lie can never hope TO be
suscessful who goes 70 work sf random A successful
Suruer will be thinking man; and all MS plans viii
~ &c harmonious that little if any, OF bis available
Gerre will be improperly appropriated, under any err
sunssaDeee. He will never send two iaeorers 70 per-
Soru little job which one can do in about the same
q
nretty good ia most supendousy deficient on
b. polnt; and II lie uncommon occurrence TO see
then employ two, three, and even four aborers TO DO
What one hand could perform very advantageously.
Mere are very many operations on the farm which
sns hand cannot do 10 good advantage but when
enc man can perform given piece OF work alone by
working four times as long nc II woad require foor
men do H. general rule, ID practice, II Will De
fppnd ~ be mos economical on the sore of expense
10 employ bat hand al such job. II cannot be
secsed that unnterested laborers will but little
sow many OF them are sent by their employer 10 per-
farm given Job therefore the skilful aud successful
ssrner whether he lie a tyre not shond always
AJAX moment, whether more than one hand Is realty
peedrd AID whether Will not perform certain
hob about quickly az ttc0 viii DO II.
The practice of some farmers always 49, II there IL
lob ar two of labor distant part of the farm winch
sne hand could do IN an hour or so most advanta-
ssoasly 70 send three four 10 do 1t, thinking that
enc nan can do il in two hOurs, two men will be able
n do il in one hour; and four do it in half an
bcur Did such reasoning hold good, there would be
oss Of time by sending tour hands Suppose for n-
sAhce, the work Is 60 lar disfaot as 70 occupy Ten
Upu,es IN going ~ il and ten minutes 10 returning.
Nov one L.borer will 60 aud do the job III TWO hours
snS tW epty minutes, or lie one hundred aa forty mn
rtss when be viii he ready for another JOB. B0t
fss. men are employed each one consumes twenty
ruutes IN gong 70 sno retarnRg frem the jo6, which
vii consume one hundred AMI tee minutes, provIfiDg
Aey perform the job IN thirty minutes With good
hrhful lsborers those VINO vii work faithfully when
spe there almost always loss Of tame, ID proper
xaitlng one for another, which cannot conveniently
be avoided. And more than all, when lot Of men
vork together it often Al first sight that they
ars driving the Job with grea rapidly when II the Ia
Dor perfo med we're divided up into plots that each
eoad zee exactly how much ne had accomplished they
voul6 all be Ashamed thtt they had dune 80 nte. But
b much the wsest policy, many times, to have oi
OF is work together because some men do not like
~ work alone aud they cannot work alone; and Bet
10 work alone they cannot tc0rk, and they iciU not
~ This is a weakness not uncommon 70 many pretty
at We men. They need the little stimulus Of examples
and many times, men VINO are good for nothing when
alone i'll accomplish large days work if they can
nave only the company of another individual whether
De y AZ associate laborer not. On this point the
yiSeruDe % have in I'D employ aborer not unlike
the one iue auded to, he should have every plan
wisely laid betorehaRG, that when his worknen
have finished one job, he Will be ready 70 give orders
4yub promptness who shall 90 10 this piece of work,
and who shall do that There viii be time enough
eonsrmed in going 10 and returning from labor on
sus farm, when the plans ever so well laid; bot
snss some toreAoHgh is exercised little viii be ac-
ecmplisbed.
his DO uncommon occurrence some farms TO see
tvo men sent 70 get one team, and so half mile or
get load of rsiis or wood, or stone or such
Ike. We will grant that they may WORK adVanea-
rossly in loading and unloading; but II 1t consumes
twenty minutes In going TO- and twenty more IN re-
mining from their work there - loss OF forty MIN
u,.s with ons borer which might have probably been
appropriated 10 some good purpose. Now let forty
ninues be taken from every two hours during the en-
IRE fay and third Of his time will amount 10 moth
hx Ano~ing hfte+n or twenty minutes Tor one man
;, o. on a load of rails of wood, If TWO we're able
70 }. in half that time, there would be waste OF
time In hauling dirt gravel peat, muck, or manure,
twoeeD and many times three are sent with one team
and enc ears wagon, 10 baul such substances the
sx.aee Of one fourth Of mile, or even more Sup
pose after loading it requires only five minutes TO
dfiy ~ the place for unloading, and hive minutes 70
setun. II two laborers employed, and bota go To
snlod there will be loss of time of one man, OF ten
-. IN
sAedaring the working hours OF one day.
4 moving .yrass with scythes, or GRADING gram
enc nan usually especially Il ne will work alone, viii
cut lore than half much two; and as the number
a. hnds are increased in company al such work,
the ss labor will be performed IN proportion 10 the
F suusr Of workuien employed. Why Because even
wha they are al faithful possible there VIII OF ne
Z sssy be a vast amount Of waiting one FOR another
Suppose for instance there are hive mowers, or era
DIR II will usually be seen that one VINO SetS ~ nrst
| wIwork ono or two minutes before there VIII De an
opprtubity for the last one 70 commence NOW, they
vii 81 work fifteen or twenty rods, aud perhaps not
Aafhst distance when there Will be another matt un
d. come no even, when the scythes mus DC whet.
Ths there is delay of for the other all day, and
d my nmes will amount 70 more than the working
Aoui Of one man in one day. And, besides, the LABOR
perfrBed viii he most astonlshngiy less IN proper
non % he number of hands employed, than II one or
two acrers only worked together. And furthermore,
When alot Of hands moving Grading together,
each nc N prompted by the recital Of some nonrensca
yrv :, ,,artliue adventure 20 relate something SINH
isr order 70 disclose bis own ndomitabe perseye-
rance or proves, magnanmIty; and II there DO
h core al must wait 70 hear It. Inc true remedy
kbra few hands at work 10 one held and Few
IN suAker 6eid--when there will usually De h'tle
Rmt5a on the part Of the faithful workmen 70 per-
form ute an much or litsle more, and little better,
snan hs ether party.
tim unoonlmon thing 20 see two men sent 10 the
wOO1;, sulif rails stakes the like, with bat one
beeteard az usDy wedges and glats a. one man only
oseSs Two kaborers can work together very adyan-