The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-01-17
BETTER LEBoRERs DEMANDED.

One of the bad things about farming
is the want Of Intelligent. trusty, and re-
liable help. The. farmers of New York
are an nualiy throwing away large sums
of money upon lakorers. not one IN ten
of whom can do the ordinary work of the
farm, except under careful and minute
supervision. We have laborers who de,
mand and are paid enormous wages, that
cannot handle an Ok, piow, or do any.
farm work skiIifuliy. Many of them do
not understand the care of sock, nor
even how 10 harness or use team prop
erly. They may be willing TO work but
cannot set themselves about it. Vhey
have nc economy They arc c0n stantiy
breaking and destroying every Class oil
tools and implensents put into their hancs.
not. perhaps, from any wil!ful intention;
but from ignorance in handling, or from
sheer thoughllessness. We hire laborers
with plenty of muscle, but with a limited
supply of brains. These last are. cult
valed in solving the problem al to how
much moEey can be taken out of the
farmer by the greatest amount of sinking.
It has come TO be understood that the
farmer must be ever present with his
WORK men, leading them in tue fieE, or he
cannot farm to the best advantage. Fit.
teen years ago native bornsla6orers could
be hired Who knew how work should be
performsd, who could be sent 10 the woods
to- cut ard haul timber, OF 10 pillow, to
SOW, TO reap, to build fence, and it would
be done in the best manner. He who
now sends "his man" to Go such jobs,
will be likely 10 find the manner Of the
work time lost, aud the cost of breakages
an expensive matter. Were il not tor
improved farm machinery the majority
of farmers would 6nd farming q very I'M
remuneratiYe business. Our laborers
are for the most part foreign born, al
ways having worked abroad under a su-
perintendent, and find it a task TO exercise
thought on their own account. w bat we
have said above will not apply 10 all. 1t is
true, but it does to many, and perhaps
the majority of this class. The great
want in American farming to-day Is skiiieo
laborers. Men who will assume some
care and responsibility; men who will
think little, if not deeply. friend
remarked to US recently, that OF Irish la
borers be preferred new hands, just over
to those who had 5esn long IN tnIs coua-
try, because the old hands were less wills
ing 20 learn, were less careful, less atten-
tive 10 business, and were in every way
loss reliable. We are sorry to see so
many farmers sons leaving the farm and
accepting some in terior place in city or
village, under the impression that farm
work is low business, fl only for an ig-
norant and low class of laborsr5, reckless,
shiftless, and of no care or thought in
farm management and economy. In
England, Scotland and Ireland there are
large number of young men, farmers
sons, brought up to understand thor
oughly the business of farming in all its
departments. They so out as farm man
agers, but few OF then come TO this coun.
try. There is demand here for such
men. We hear constant inquiries for
farm managers, men who can take charge
of farm, who understand all it's details
and are to be trusted. The salary offer
ed is often considerable, bat they are not
easily found. Could we raise farming to
a profession and induce our young men
to engage in il, study it as a science, great
advantages would result to them and the
country at large.-Y. Y. Tribune.