, 1874-12-05

Tho Change OF EarN7sI4Rb0r-GStffeF.
eftcc In Farms misunderstanding N After
Small 'rhtttsEs--khe ERtocs ct Water
oil tho Closing nf tho ScasDil-To
Correspondents - The H2itltiisaisaest -
No kanrd E'in1ca-E0ntIi1aOn of tho
Corr E1alticr - Distributing FFnft
from CihtcAE0-EuoSv 23 Per Coast az
tlse ArpIc-Crop Es Lost-.IIlc pr0tiuco
Exchange.
From Our Agricultural Correspondent
CBAAra1oN, Ill.,, D.>H O. 1874.
We are drifting along toward tho rat;ged edge
Of winter, and lave passed tho long days Of hard
work, and aro among tho ehost days of mapy
cares; q conetant demand for llttlo helps; days
Of odd Jobs aud small chores. 1llis is
TRYING TINE
for many turner's and far1n-iiands, and many Of
them fail at this point. Many farmers and fartn-
hands who can do good days worlt Whom they
have steady limo Of wora for all dag. make a
decided failure at tlsis time, whon thoy Lave to 50
bobbing around, III houg Mt this. d ha.4-hoar at
that, and, when all tho small aetsora a,o attoud
ed to. put tho toam to tho wagon aud 10 to lnlll-
ing manure. or two farnl-hanis equally valua-
bio for s,l,nmer-work, ono may DO good for
theso odt{n aud ends Of work, mud The othor
of little or no value. Ono waits for you
to direct lltm,--to BUitoh him. like . depot
engine, from one little job to tho other while
tho other knows what is to be done, and sots
himself about doing it. And when work becomes
slack. aud part or tho holp must bc .j'sna'aacd,
you hayo no hesitation IN fixing on tile QUO to
part with.
The case Is different with tho farsn,.r who can
do nothing out Of long rows OF cora, or largo
crops that require atoady effort for, with him,
it is not wages, but loss Of Pre- fits, OF Of
products.
THERE Is FARMER P,
Of tins class. Ills wife wanted him to- get in the
beets, carrots, and paysnps but t,-day they
arc in tue ground frozen inst, aud will DO total
! loss. And yet Dir. IL Woodworking man ::
but ho cannot comprehend that no.ae things
must tako prceodeuco Of others Or, rather,
when the time comes for action. it must not 10
put oil. " We'll, Tohn,' anid Mrg. y, \ morning
or two apo, when thu mercury was within u
fraction Of zoro those beets aud things Ii, tho
garden are ruined and wo must 60 without
them this wintor. 1t would Aavo taken less than
half day to hnyo aavcd them, and you should
have lett of corn-hus!slng when wanted you to.
and put thom in tbs cclinr." =" yfe1l, jane,
know that is ao." Baid Mr. r, little crestfacn:
"but did not think that It would lreeze that
night, and wanted to tinist that t1old Of corn
thas that froesins Gas of the corn k oaa o h":
Of ills work has lost uy tho vegetables tIat We
| 30 much mood. Last year, halt Of the potato
crop was lost in the Esao WY. The i'4ct in John,
you m,at make 1lp your mind to look nftor these
pna!l things in time, aH do not llk. to so With
put vegetables during tho winter,--at eaut. at-
| ter It l,aa boon 30 mlch trouble to grow then."
Aud the good wife passed her, apron over
| P did not mcan to neglect tuoso things;
! bit 1t wes not in his nature to
look after email things when he had larger oucs
to look after. as tough the small things did not
mako up much OF tho comforts Ut lite. This
! may account for tho many poor Gardens i'll tho
| country; tho farmers caunot tins timo to look
after them. It ls tIlo capacity to look aftor tho
ontiro needs Of tho farm tint mnkcs tho differ
once between ono farmers BuccoB7 and TINT Of
another; and, in farnt-hands tho dsnereuco be-
| twccu constant employment nnd tho want OF IT,
| Thanksgiving il over. followed by a snow
storm Of unusual severity for tho soasou. lA
tho early settlement Of tho country. when the
uloughs and ponds wore filled with water, aud
| tho wl!olo surfaco was dump with tho autumn
rainfall, heat was giTon oil sloiTly frnm this
| groat body Of wntos. and mild weather was cur
ried far into December, mud net inlroquonty
| through tho frat week in January but now
| THE CHANGE HAS uEuoa1E PERMANENT,
and NC may as vol dismiss tho ndea Of open
weather into December. p9,stw'ago, nieadows,
sa ssa ''f't'1 aas s ''i liz all oil id so"ons
arc Nantlag, and nothing is loft to
| give of heat. Tho old sattler wonders II tho
| BohHoua won't change back ngMn. or coursc
not Mnot, h tor !, now ti,o slo..ghs huYo long drains
III graas; and tho ponds haya boon tapped, antl
grass Ina taken the place Of tho tall rlshes anil
| laBs, Whlle tue aat drop Of F'ltor l1as d'Bap-
pcaled from tho anrfauo. 1t la this that has
| brought our Thanksgiving 70 mn;h nearer winter
than fo,1a0rly.
Tho aame caueo that hnstcns wintor nlso pro-
tracts IL. nHriug tho war7M periods Of winter,
| 11o1 liza nHE hy r1t1nur 1HH1r fi,o