The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-31
The Routiue of Farm Work.

The Routine of Farm Work.
There are men who mistake total
want of system for an overwhelming
pressure of business. They wonder
why vast amount of work produces so
little in result. Their operations are
mass of ccufusion-they do everything
by hip skip. They have no distinct view
If proper farm management before their
eyes, and they blunder through me
WORK of the year, laboring very hard at
some unimportant operations, and omit
ting Others of greater consequence and
more easily performed. They arelike the
shop keeper who would throw his goods
together IN promiscuous heap, when
he would spend nire teulhs of his time
in overhauling to find what he happen
ed to want. Well ordered farm work,
on the contrary, is like the neatly and
systematically arranged shelves OF the
skillful shOp-keeper, where everything
is seen at a glance and selected for The
occasion.
To make farming pleasant it must he
successful. To make it profitable,
everything must move en- like perfect
smoothly running machine. To accom-
plish this result, the farmer must know
beforehand just what he has to do. lie
must map out for the year all his in
tended operations, and be prepared 20
meet all their requirements. II this
pre- arrangement is CAREFUL and
Thorough, it will be successfully carried
out; if hasty and partial, it will result
in confusion.
If the farmer has kept q journal of his
work, it will greatly facilitate Such-a
plan. He will see what he has done, and
what he has employed to do it. He will
know what he can accomplish. With
out assistance of this KIM, all will be
mere guessing. We have known farmers
to plan their coming work, without
much consideration Of details. They
usually found there was twice as mUca
to do as they expected; and the oCcl-
siOnal interruption of rains and other
hindIanoes, threw all operations far in
the rear. Their spriug grain vas sown
too late, their corn was planted TOO late,
they did not get tine 20 draw cut the
manure, they did not get time TO kill
weeds in their root crops or among the
the corn, they We're behind hand in bar
vesting and the grain was injured, the
huIriedly TILED land was in poor order.
the crops were poor, aud everything
seemed behind time except the Coming
winter and the tax-IalheGer.
We would advise every ono who has
been thus annoyed, TO turn over new
leaf, commence now and take fair
start. Ii no distinct aud perfect plan
has been diges.ed, Il wIllTequire year
to do it well; and la the meantime keep
ing all your present laboring force, re-
duce the number OF acres to plant with
crops requiring much labor, 10 eHe-hGU
Let the rest lie in grass, or let it out TO
some industri3ss neighbOr. On some OF
these reducoi acres, Apply all the ma
nure-the lGssened Work will give you
tins. Plow and cultivate these reduced
acres thoroughly, and keep all the weeds
down in hocd crops, and do not allow
them to reach fingers length, when
the laber of killing them would be trip
led. Do everything we'll which you do
at all Never wait till a job is suffer
ing" Strike in ahead; drire your work,
and never let your work drive You.
Tsere VIII be no difficulty in allThis, If
you have not lasd out too much before
hand-thstis, If your fields are small
enough, and you have s.c1ved good Ia.
boring men. Make up your miod to
siuk a little money for enc wear
in labor, and the result win probably be
that you have gained more than ever be-
fore. YoIr laud will become clean. and
will Le,d less Ia Dor IN futnrr; your crops
will be greatly increased by beng plaat.
ed in good true, aud b. being well cul,
tivatcd. Yen viii save many days b.
not being thrown into hurry and ccpfa-
sion, and ANNOYED by conflicting de.
mands on your labor aud time. II, in
addition To this. you keep daily record,
you may sec by turning over lis pages.
about what 20 expect in ali the details
Of work another year.
Commence the second Year with all
these details fore yer. Arrange all
in order. Allort To each crop is proper
number of aer,s, aud allow one-third
at least OF extra labor TO meet uufavor-
able weather and contingencies. Re
member that work in actual practice
always exceeds p2eyious estimates. Lee
every operation os 80 Arranged thsttb.
labor of lHen and t. ms NAV he orettv
evenly distributed through the seaso
Il Is the crowding of labor into certain
per. DIS 81 time more than can be salts.
factorlly Accomplished, that makes bus.
mess harrassing. For example, there
are some spring crops in which carly
sowing isabsolute!y essential to success:
reduces the amount OF these, so that the
work may be promptly and easily PEI
formed. The SaIze care for eyery thinU
else Will secure a constant and even dis
tribution of labor.
The regret is often express ed that
weeds are increasing year after wear alI
through the court;y, and that we a1e
becoming "weedy nation" If the
strength of the soil which now goes to
useless weeds were turned into remun.
Grating crops, is would amount in the
aggregate to a hupdred nill;ap ao,1o,,