The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-12-24
Farmers Head.WOrk.

How OFTEN do we hear persons give as
q reason for making mistake that "they
did not Think" 1t is by no means an un-
common thing to find two farmers, having
the same amount of work to do, with the
same amount of help, and yet one is al
ways hurried, while with the other every
thing goes on like clock-work. If you
will take the trouble to examine into the
matter you will find that the latter works
with his head as well as with his hands
He lays out his work in advance, and does
not work to a disadvantage he does not
rush at a job without first thinking Of or
finding out the best and quickest mode of
doing it. Another great advantage to be
derived from head-work is that 1t will
teach man the true meaning of the word
economy. Many farmers "ecOnomize" In
q way which is anything but economy.
How often do we find farmers who for
economy's sake cannot afford to lime" !"
vet these same men must an6 will admit
that the application of lime will greatly
increase their crops.
Let US apply head-work to this. and see
what such economy is. Almost any one
will admit that coat of lime applied to .
field which has had none for ten or fifteen
years, will increase the yield to an amount
equivalent to two bushels of wheat per
acre, and, will continue this rate Of in
crease for five years at least, or ten bush
els, worth, say, $15. A coat of forty bush.
els per acre will cost (cost of putting on
included) about twenty cents per bushel,
or IS per acre. By applying these two
calculations to each other, We will see
that the hme is nearly t,cice paid for by
the increased yield of the first five years,
to say nothing of the after increase, for
its action will extend beyond five years
Therefore, to cease lining is not economy
by great deal. Some will continue to
use . worn-out plowshare, and, instead of
getting q sharp one, will raise the clevis
and thus run the plow upon its point, add
ing at least one-fourth to the draught Of the
team, and plowing up the ground In .
manner which viii Hh0rten the crop to IN
amount which would buy ten or fifteen
sharex Such men will mostly plead want
of time g an excuse for not doing many
things which should have been done; yet
such are the men who swell the crowd st
public sales and such places. We VIII
find such men running their plows against
the same tight stones" year after year,
or blowing round the same stumps because
they have not time to remove them; but
they never seem to think that the time
spent in getting over distractions and in
replacing broken plowshares would be
sufficient to remove them several times.
We should remember that to practice
economy we must not save dollar and
thereby lose ten, or, in other words, adopt
the old adage of penny wise and pound
foolish" We may look where We will, in
any kind of trade, and we will always find
that the man who practices head-work al
WAYS has the inside track in the race of
life, while your " economist " il often len
behind by those who understand true efo"-
ony.-Germantoscn Telegraph. 81
A MOST extraordinary occurrence is re-
ported from Lithuania- A wolf which, to
all Appearances, was mad, has caused Q
terrible havoc in a number of villagea OF
Russian Lithuania. A few weeks ago, one
evening, the terrible animal left the forest
and visited, one alter the other, four VII
lagos, killed three persons, wounded thirty
one men and women, twenty-three chill
dren, and either killed or wounded fifty
four head of cattle-all in one night.
These statements would appear incredible
unless they were sustained by undeniable
evidence. The only explanation that can
be given for the large number of victims
is that the wolf, driven by hunger and
madness, entered the houses and attacked
the inhabitants with unexampled fury,
and broke into the stables, where the de-
fenceless horses and cows fell an easy prey
to his assaults. The wounded persons
fifty-four in number-were transported to
the school building, and were taken care
of by the physicians of the district. Some
of them were terribly mutilated, while
many of them were only slightly wounded,
But there was one great danger. Some OF
the horses, bitten by the wolf, showed
symptoms of hydrophobia, and were
killed. The probability was, therefore
that all the wounded would ultimately die
of the same terrible disease.
IT is reported in Cleveland that little
German girl was buried at Brooklyn, sew
eral weeks ago, after apparent death from
Iock-jaw, and that nine hours alter hel
burial her mother, fancying she heard
noise In the grave, got q spade, dug "
the coffin, and found her child warm as i
alive, and lying upon her side, when
taking her home, she called physician
but it was too late for resuscitatiOn.
THE Rural Neu. Yorker says there is
method sometimes adopted with good sue
cess to make cheese which is dry ane
hard, from over sailing, mellow and pal
atable. This method is to wash the
cheese several times in soft water and then
Law it in . cloth moistened with wine OF
vinegar. -
TIE moons path in the heavens Is mo-
q circle, but continuous spiral, that doei
not return into itself until after verJ
long time In consequence Of its spira
movements along the face OF the heavens
| the moon hides in succession every point II
. belt of sky that stretches to five degrees