Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-07-21
Happiness In the Hay. Field.

r. Utmost other kinds of farm-labor there
is something disagreeable. Flowing
when occasionally, failing to turn the sod,
one gets on his knees, and lifts with his
hands and arms what the plow failed to
do, that the ,furrow may be open for the
next slice-is sure TO dirty ones hands,
and bend unpleasantly ones back, if it
does not (iguratively speaking) break it.
Then, in planting, one always gets his
shoes full of dirt, and whole boots (espe-
cially for boys) are the exception, not the
rsle. Later in the year, when hoeing
comes-as the New -Englanders call the
manipulation they give the earth in the
potato and corn fields-working where
the thermometer marks at least 1909, with
the soil under ones feet in condition to
roast eggs in from three to five minutes,
stopping at each hill to pull out weeds, or
lessen the number of stalks-giving the
sun, meanwhile, good, square chance at
ones back-is not an occupation so un-
speakably desirable as some amateurs
s~ishO irans tITU.
But when July comes, and farewolls
have been spoken to the corn and pota-
toes, the scy thes ground, the moving
machine put in order, and all else in
readiness for effective work, there is
something about the clean earth on which
one treads, and the fragrance of blossoms,
and the newmown grass, that enthralls
one, and makesevery enthusiastic tiller of
the soil unspeakably glad in his joyous and
delightful work.
All this in general. Let us come down
to particulars The work of haying can
be made especially pleasant
81, FTRsT-By begsnntng early. There is a
Joy in working when your labor produces
the best and highest results There is a
comfort in cutting fresh grass and curing
it for your cows-in such way as will
bring TO them the most satisfaction and
the most good-that is never found in
moving eadripe stalks that they would
not touch when green, and only will to
prevent starvation when gathered into
the barn. Besides, if you are driven by
YOUR wnrk-narniexed as to which field to
ous IIs', wnen al are waiting and wasting
ali the delights of the season vanish.
SRcoND.-PIdn beforehand Each DAVIS
work should have the distinctness of a
campaign in the directors mind when the
morning comes. 1t is generally best to
settle the prominent points the night be-
lore, and when once decided upon, ell
Vacillation or change is for the worse.
:, THIRD. Insist upon pTonptReSS. Make
each man do his work in the time speci-
fled, and at the time specified. An hours
delay will sometimes disarrange whole
week. 1t is like battalion in an army
falling to put in an appearance when
ordered.
FoURTH.-Neger Iea0e till tomorrow so1tat
can be done to day. Ifyou have an hour at
night, grind the scythes then, and not
wait till morning. Ii you have load of
hay in the wagon at six o'clock in the af-
ternoon, pitch it off then, and not wait
till the morrow. If there is cloudy
day, NOW uneven places with a scythe,
and not wait for sunshine-you will be
needed else where thenI and thus, in every
department, keeping yourself master of
the MISUNDERSTANDING the work instead
of the work driving you.
BY so doing, the pleasure that naturally
comes of the season and of the business
will be doubled, Snd instead of discomforJ
aud distraction, there will be Joy of what
you are doing and in what you do
Hearth and Home.