Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1876-06-10

American farmers children, who have
had few terms at a neighboring ae;eiie- /
my, resemble in 10 degree the children 1
of the European peasant. They come 4
home with new ideas and new wants. 4
and if there j. no provision made for 4
these new wants, and they find no Op-
portunities for their satisfaction, they /
will be ready, on reaching their MAORI /
ty, TO Nv the farm and seek the city
III the American farmer wishes to keep
his children near him, he must learn the
difference between living aud getting
living; and we mistake him and his
grade Of culture altogether if he does not
stop over this statement and wonder
what we mean by it, To get living,
TO make money, to become fore
handed'-this Is the whole of life
To agricultural multitudes, diseouraging
in their numbers to contemplate.
To them there Is no difference between
living aud getting living. Their whole
life con5ists in getting living; and
when sheir families come back TO them
from their schooling, and mud that, real
w. this Is the only pursuit that has any
recognition under the paternal roof, they
must 20 away. The boys push TO the
centres or the cities, and the girls follow
them ii they can. \ young man or
Young woman, raised 90 the point where
they Comprehend the difference between
living and getting liying, can never be
satisfied with the latter alone. Either
the farmers children must be kept igno-
raut, or provision must be made for their
social wants. Brains and hearts need
food and clothing As well as bodies; AID
those who have learned to recognize
brains and hearts as the best and most
important part OF their personal posses
sions, will go where they can find the
mystery they need.
What is the remedyg How shall far
mer's manage to keep their children near
them2 How can we discourage the ia
fiux Of unneeessary--nay burdeasOme-
populations into the cities. We answer
By making agricultural society attFac-
tive. FIJI the farm houses with period
ieals and books. Establish central read
ing rooms, or neighborhood clubs. En-
courage she sOaial meetings Of the young.
| Have concerts, lectures, amateur dramat-
ic associations. Establish bright, ac-
tive, social life, that shall give some sig
nificance to laLOr- Above all, build, as
far rs possible, in villages. It is better
to 20 a mile to ones daily labor than 10
| place ones self mile away from n neigh
Dor. The isolation Of American farm
life is the great curse of that life, and it
falls upon the women with a hardship
that the men cannot appreciate, and
drives the educated young away.-Scrib-
ner.
How TO MANAeE FARM WoRK.-Thc
following, frem Il correspondent OF the
World, states the case tersely and point
! eily, and In nutshell lays open to
all eyes, why Is is that some farmers sue
coed while others utterly fail or are al
WAYS In arrears. Let every farmer III
the land act us Longsight does, keep his
head cool, his nerves strung up, ana his
brain actively thinking, his perceptiye
f,seuities on tire look out one week or one
K ny" al
do the work at the right time and in the
rIgEgs place, and like LOngsight, he Will
at the end of each year see and know
that farming does pay. Head it, far-
mers, it Is worth the price of tire Demo-
crat one year:
Every man has stock of self concert.
He thinks he knows just how everything
ought to be. Yet, no farmer will deny
| that some men--all things being equal rs
regards farm, laeatiOn, tools and tasks
will succeed and prosper, while others
are continually ia arrears. We inquire
| the cause, and are answered that the one
| man knows low TO manage. To manage
| what? He may not manage to sell or
buy any better than his neighbor; but, If
we observe closely, we find he manages
20 make his own time and that of his
hired help count more. The farmer
should look ahead, not only from one day
to another, but from season to season
| lie should look his work all over, ant
make his calculations for rainy weather
! and for accidents, so that II anything
should happen to stop the progress o
some particular job he could immediately
turn his forces on to something that !
necessary TO be done, and as soon As pos
sible proceed with the most impoFtan
, job until it Is completed. Push Things
/ Never be afraid of getting an individual
|. piece of work completed too soon II !
is the proper season for il. am &C
= quainted With ShOrtsisht, whe wa
Obliged TO stop ploughing his corn groun'
la order to remove rocks or stumps whiel
. should have been cleared of when bust
, ness WAS not pressing. lie consoles him
, self with the thought that there is tins
+ enough yet, not making any ealcnlatiol
for accidents or rainy weather. The re
suit Is, If his neighbor plants his corn b.
the 10th of May he plants ON the 18th o
June, He AYERS that he is up earlier
works harder and goes to bed later thai
: any other man. Yet his nelghboE
: LOngsight, will Guido him-raise bette
r crops aud get them in better shape. AM
: Sh0rtsight can't tell why. He Is alway
: in 4 stew and fret. Let him cool down
o find out what is needed to be done frs
T aud then go at it quietly and stick to
: until il Is finished. Then 90 at the mex
9 thing needed, always keeping cool as
always thinking. This advice apple
20 every man who finds it difficult to AT
! eomplish his necessary work and make
I give 4 fair return.
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