St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-01-06

will generally keep up with the men.
Uorin" is very hard work so hard that
tie men sometimes require little cider
to keep up with the women and the boys
wurkIur in the same field. Cutting up
the crop Is also heavy work, but still
there are few who feel ashamed to have
a hoy keep up with them. llusklng Is
such hard work that it is often left to the
women and the boys. The same remark
will apply to the potato crop. laying
and harvesting are such hard work that
H., me, must have higher WAGES and
better fare. Riding on moving ma
chine Is not - very iabOrlous. II Ii was
not for the fact that the knives have 20
be- Ground and -harpened occi'7Iolf.liy'
and nuts screwed up, and bear n9s oiled.
Whnp | rake M hay with snlky, STEEL
,,,tLrd rake, one of my little children
sometimes goes with me on the rake, and
aroareu:ly enjoys riding up and down
t;.,. field ~ much as any Of her city
cousins would a drive in Central Park.
WI en- we had only one-horse tedding
III sGillilt- Il CDul'l uSC tIiNill
nvrriaXiug his strength, but now We
have ttro horse tcIleIs and we eXpr"tone
imam TO drive both horses. Is 1t not
hard work Cooking, opening, Spread-
ia out, tuning, and rccocking, are not
,ra,iiti na.ly lard work. Pitching re-
auire- some strength, but the work may
b. Greatly and Facilitated by the exercise
o, a n'llc mechanical knowlcd re AID
.rmuou-sem-c. Unloaling is DOWNRIGHT
hard work, but we have good folks that
10 away with the necessity tor it. Now
H.. away in close barn is anything but
ia.r.4ablr. but in commodious barn,
uijh may fork, It req lures a very short
illic 10 stow away 4 load. In harvesting
-,ain, hndn. is hard, and when there
are lhI,ii,S, very uI>agrecable work, and
i! Is, time we cot rid ct he latter, and
hal u n.aclriuc 10 do The fnrTer. Pitching
-hcavc- is comparatively light work. |
would much rather pitch than load or
uulord. But where l. the killir. !abo' I?
l. It in lhrashing! With the exception
of feeding, if there Is really any hard
work bout thraShing you will generally
tiud that it is assigned TO boy. | had
IA man leave me because | would not let
him have three men to help him on the
shaw sack. We were thraslIing az
..,. drew in from the field, and one man
al til. pitching. If We had been put
.ing gram, straw and all in Il stack be-
lore thra>ing he would have required
only boy to help him. But to stack
thr straw alone required four men !,
Snch is the force of tradition. Depend
u,on it, The hard work on farm Is i
myth-an idea OF the past, and no young
man need hesitate abou; devoting his life
to agriculture on account OF the great
i;,nnr and strength required. 1t he has
health, industry, energy. perseverance,
Il cultivated mind, some mechanical in
auiIy, and gu1d stock Of con mon
sense, with biz heart in his bosom
| j.lst will never allow him TO neglect AN
animal, let him join the great army Of
l..mcrs. We need such men, and can
n.j syc why his chances OF success are
,u.i "a great a. they would Lc if he
adopts any other business.
The Michigan Farmer says, ii you
Laid q square crib Of poles notchcd, log
house fashion, say eight feet square, or
larger or smaller, as you Ike it, and
,h.Jw into it, all SORTS of tr;lsh---s: little
muck, leaves, bits of everything FROM the
.uuse, the sweeping, &c, and have it 50