The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1875-10-16
Farm and Household Column,
Thinking Farmers.

The opinion still fingers in the
minds If many Of the ignorant that
any fool can lie 4 farmer. Once thu,
! notion was universal. Any fool can
follow a plow ty holding on to the
tail, aud any fool can plant whatever
and whenever he sees lis neighbor
! planting. Bnt to call this farming, or
such unthinking animal a farmer. il
to libel the first and nohlest calling
Of man.. The truth is. al the world IL
beginning to understand it, it takes
as much brains, and brains Of ~ tins
quality, to make a first rato farmer,
as it does to make 4 fir>t.rato spcci-
men of any other business. learned
or unlearned. Now We know that
nome hut n man with a good share of
live brains eau make 6rst rate farn.
A new crafhas been inaucurated in
the farming w"rld-the era of think.
ing farmers. The time has gone nv
when farmers live BY main strength
and Ignorance. The strength is still
needed, but it must be directed by
thought. Hencetorth, farmers will
have to use their heads ~ we'll AZ
their hands. The old dig aud drudge,
hap. hazard node must give place to
lat@r saving machinery, and an in
te''igent application Of the laws Of
nature to the wants Of the faru9
The first step, and the hardest, il
tor farmers to learn to think. 1t ia
always much easier to work thar tn
think. Indeed, it is astonishing how
little real thinking is done in this
world, in the ordinary course Of
working life.
We are not disposed TO quarrel with
the general results Of the system that
prevailed under the old regime. Per-
',aps it was the best that the labor Of
that time was capable. Of working.
Undoubtedly an Immense deal Of work
was dome, ~ tho wealth, accumulated
was ample proof. But the work was
almost exclusively that of man and
mnle muscles, and not all the work of
brains. But the day Of exclusive
muscle f.rming.;;is passed. Hence
forth there must be brain work az
we'll. Machinery Of all kinds must
oe called i'll to save labor. As a con.
sequence, the lal"r tl,atais used.must
l'e more intelligent, better skilled.
i'9t neither machinery nor improved
labor cat he introduced ur used p,otit.
ably. or With satisfaction, BY nntiink.
lug farmers. Henchtort, a farmer
must not only know how to work
himself, but how to direct Others.
He must be a man Of thought AZ we'll
as'of' action. Hc must study closely
the climate and soil that he has to-
work in, and the markets that he has
to depend on. Ha must have tho
reIativ" values and a.aptabilities Of
the various crops and stocks to his
farm, and farm with some definite
purpose. He mnst study ont aud ar
range for himselfa rotation Of crops
adapted at once to the steady i'm
pmvement Of his farm and rcmu.
neratiUn Of himself and bis laborers.
And when this rotation il decided
upon, he neetls must keep his Thoughts
busy about the numberless little de-
tails that make up the current work
o" farm. lie must plan work ahead
for all kinds Of weather, so that no
crop shalt suffer for waiting on other
work, that there shall be no conflict
ing crops; and all the time the farmer
must he steadily advancing in knowl.
edge AZ we'll IA in experience F.: in
.jad gment as we'll us practice. Tho
fruits Of such a system will bc the
manifold increase If all the products
Of the fa'm, aud the elevation Of tho
calling Of the farmer to it's legitimate
rank and dignity.
For the full ripening of these fraits.
We must needs depend on time and
tie Young men. Tie best of the old
farmers can but indifferentIy and with
aaapt themselves to new
WAYS; while tho majority Of those,
who have passed the meridian Of lifa
must, Of necessity, continue as they
have begun. But in tho young men
Of the farm We have fall faith. They
will catch the spirit Of the age, and
with u force Of young biood, viii de-
selope the ground wealth Of thi.
g,""'i'y land beyond the most san
ydioe dream Of any muscle farmer
that ever lived. This is tho work vet
for thinking farmers.-Raral Sun.
Killing Lice on Calves.-A cores.
pon,tcnt III the Mirr"r aud Farmer
Tells how he did it as follows: / find
plenty Of lice this fall on young stock.
get If them by smoking with to-
|s.cco. To d" this I make y pipe l,v
taking q bass stick S incl,es through.
10 inches long. bore q 2 iuch hole
through it iensthwise, ping both end.
With plugs 4 inches long, b,re "a
nch hole through, one plug and sl,ar,,.
~ down to the hole, ix,rp a hole
through the other plug to fit tls nose
# your bellows. take out this pjur.
III half full with ping to|.,cco, nut in
! live coal, put in the ping aud l.low
viii. the bellows, moving the sharn.
sne'l plug a'n"Dg the hair till the hair
= Thoroughly filed with s""ke. 7
si''ed all the lice "n 5 calves with ten
'ent's worth II t"lI.cc" in 20 mjuutr.
smoke tho 4seus on tho r.k,st in III.
'an'e way.
1t is stated that u piece Of brown
aper, folded tw" ar three time. mil
Ilace.l between tie upper lin .nI