The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-01-31
The Lifs OF . Farmer-somo Kindly
Suggestions.

easier, pleasanter and healthier, and his
home more attractive, beautiful aud en-
joyable, by o careful attention to certain
rules too often forgotten.
1. Too much work is frequently
undertaken, or more land attemp pted to
be cultivated. than the means ut his
command will fairly allow. Having
once started on the wrong path, and
only looking to the profit that may
accrue If all his plans can be accom-
fptished, he presses all his energies into
| the service, only to find at the end OF
the season that the task he had imposed
| upon himself was too heavy, aud that
much OF his labor has been wasted from
the want Of prudent calculation at the
beginning. It would have been far bet
ter to husband his strength and that of
the force ut his command, so that the
work shall be kept within the ability of
the field hands and nothing sighted.
Larger areas under cultivation than can
be cropped successfully, make show,
and put on an outward appearance Of
prosperity; but it is wholly delusive,
where there is weakness behind it all.
Less land, better tillage and fewer mort
cages would do some Of our Counties on
immense amount of good. and not only
keep the minds of embarrassed owners
easy, but ultimately bring them. by con-
centration of means and power, an in
crease Of prosperity. The sentimant
underlying tho desire to preserve intact
| ''the paternal acres. is one which every
right-thirking mind will respect. But
there is n point at which sturdy ad-
herence to it tends to work serious in
jury to the owner of property which has
become an incumbrnnce. This is espe-
cialiy the case when the paternn acres
are andly weighed with pnternal debts.
| For the working farmer, it is better
that he should lay out for tho season
only 80 much work as may be within his
means and his capacity. and to do we'll
| whatever work he undertakes. It is
also most desirable that the Impoverished
landowner, and there are many such,
should PARTITION off portions of lis land
into smaller farms, or sell outright what
he canuot manage conveniently, and
| concentrate all his ability on smaller
we'll mnnured and we'll titled, will bring
acres indiiferently manured and hurried
ly titled.
2. The work on the farm should be
".
| is important that the work should be- SO
arranged that there shall be time al
lowed for doing everything that may be
required to be- done, without undue
strain, and allowing for contingencies,
SO that there shall he fair margin to
count upon in any event. When once
such regulations are laid down, they
should be- rigidly adhered to. for any
| q nj
ceptional rcumstances, would be likely
to prove embarrassing. Moro time is
frequently lost at the lust moment in
thinking what to do and how to do it, or
where the means to do it shall bs found,
than in performing the work when once
determined on, aud begun with method
and conducted with precision. Think,
then, beforehand; map out the things to
be done, and it will be matter of sur
prise, alter awhile, to find how easily
the days routine runs in its groove. or
course, perfect regularity. under all con-
ditions Of time, place and weather, is
not to be expected, for tho best plans
sometimes fail. just q, the best regulated
railway train may break d wheel or be
shnnted off the track by damaged rail
But any method carefully devised for
carrying on the work of farm syste-
matically, and with n due regard to the
circumstances of the farmer or planter,
and his ability to command sufficient
force Of field hands, when it is more
wanted, is infinitely superior to hap
hazard, "happy go lucky way of trying
to do the same things and just missing
it. There is nothing more beneficial in
carrying on systematic farming than the
keeping of regular account of income
and expenditure, and simple diary of
each days occupation, with the condi-
ton of the crops and the state Of the
weather. We venture to soy that the
man who docs this, for two years, faith-
fully, will find it of 30 mucn advantage,
as II means of reference, and AS assisting
to correct slips of the memory, thut he
will scarcely fail to continue it thence
forward.
3. Pny more attention to the health of
the body. Care in changing from thin
to thick garments, or the reverse, as the
case may be, in accordance with the Va
riations of the weather, will often pre-
vent severe attacks of sick ness. Malaria
should always be guarded against, not
only by caution in exposing ones self to
its baleful influences, but by the use of
small! doses Of quinine, and in damp