The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-05-23
WHOLE No. 1Ml.
Farm ers, Column.
slovenIy Farmers.

slovenly farmers is not wholly extinct.
In one field, half buried in the snow,
we saw plow; in another, acultivator;
In another, harrow; and in still anoths
er, rsaping machine, apparantly new
last summer; all probably suffering
greater injury from their winters expo
sure, than from their summers wear.
Again, we noticed gates broken down,
or hanging bya single hinge; boards
of the sides of the barn, which were
admitting the wind to tear off other
boards. when few minutes with, ham
meF etd nails, would have ferepaired them,
and prevented further damage. Old
wagons and sleds scattered about the
barnyard, or in some cases, where the
barn opened directly into the road, were
intruding on the highway. 735a
All these are indications of slovenly
farmers who have either neglected to
prepare sufficient storage for their I'M.
plements, or have carelessly neglected
to house them, and are thus allowing
them to decay rapidly under the wear
Of the elements. We are aware that
this class of farmers have been ridi-
culed, caricatured, and demonstrated
with by the agricultural press for the
last thirty Years, and we believe With
good effect, but still theft number is
altogether too great, and we would at
tempt a little more exhortation. o
The first requisite To- the carefil stos
ring of the implements of the farm, ist0
have a Convenient tool house, convenient
in location as well as construction. Ma
! nv tool house is well arranged, but sd
located that the w0rknten cannot put
their tools therein without going consid-
erably out of their way, and that they
are not inclined to do, and ccnsequent4
ly leave them out in the weather. As
most of the barnyard doors open direct
ly, or indirectly into the fields, the tool
house should be located on one side
thereof, nearest the gate which comrnu.
nicates with the greatest number of
fields. 1t should be much longer one
way than the other, and have sliding
doors at either end, and a passage wide
enough for wagon to pass through it
along one side, so that when laboret
bringshis plow, harrow, cultivator, &c,
from the field, he can drive ditectly in-
to the tool house; and if not intending
to use them, the next day can unload
them in their proper places; but if to be-
used the next day, they could be left
upon the store boat or wagon, aud the
team driven out tie other end. A por-
ton Of the tool house should be assigned
to the hand implements .5Tsys
Such a tool house having been pruYid4
ed, it ought to be an imperative rule
that every laborer place his implement
in its proper place whenever the days
work is done. There would probably
be some difficulty in exercising such an
ordinance at first; but if persisted in,
the proprietor setting the example, i.
would soon be a habit. To facilitate
the housing of the heavier implementsj
light stone boat should be provided
for every work team, upon which tho
plow, harrow, cultivator, or other horse
implements can be easily loaded land as
easily unloadedJ and drawn to and from
the field, I'D ~ -.a '.1' s. 8. N-
What adds more to the serenity ofth
farmer, when he goes in from his labor
at night, and is gathered with his FAM
lily around his cheerful freside, than to
know that al is in ordtri No tools ex-
posed to rust and decay-no doors OF
gates swinging-no loose boards chat
tering against the buildings s-eyertl4ing
in its place. We know that it is very
difficult to change the lifelong habits Of
an inveterate sloven, but they can be
improved, and we appeal to the sons of
such to avoid the habits of the parent,
and even go around and restore order
after him, and they may even without
his cooperation, bring about such 3
change In favor ofneatness and order,g
as to greatly increase the attraction Of
the old homestead. nay
A slovenly farmer is seldom good
farmer, never an economical one. If he
cultivates his land thoroughly, he does
not save all of its products. Much is
destroyed by cattle or swine, which en-
terthe.felds through gates left open,
bars left down, OF abroken down fence,
not promptly repaired and after ths
crops are in the barn, The stock are get
ting in, or the the rain and snow beat
in where boards orshingles are off Many
dollars are annually lost in these ways,
which an orderly farmer would save,
The pecuniary losses suffered, are nothi
ing compared with the loss of temper
Of happiness, through the worrying.
fretting, and harrassing Of body and
mind. f e sr q 4 qo spssss p.
How ofr landscape Is dist 6gured by the
home of the sloven, as above described;
and how it is adcrned by tie neat, at.
traCtiveh home of the orderly farmer, with
its well painted and well preserved
dwelling and outbuildlngs, It's lawn and
garden filed with ornamental trees,
shrubs, flowers, fruits, aud vegetables
enclosed by neat, painted fences, gates
latched and on their hinges, and every
thing in good repair y
Farmers! build up sGch hcInsstesdS
as shall ever be the cynosure to the
hearts of your children, which they shall
leave with reluctance andto which they
sbsIl returu with ioy!--AU,eriedn FIR