Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-07-26
BRAIN AND MUSCLE WORK ON THE, FARM

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BRAIN AND MUSCLE WORK ON THE. FARM.
"A correspondent of Cot,nans Rsoul World
handles this subject in the7following plain
and practicalWay :sHae l1 ll5 .,s.....:s., 4
~ IWouM not'underestiana. e the Importance
OF manual lubor, but do not our farmers. as
-faiclass, depend too much upon muscular
eXertion? Nloo they not actually liljurej
I themselves by theireXcessive manual labor ?.
dlls.it not possible for themito use their brain
E1nore and their muscle less?l land would
not such a substitution be productive of the
best results? 5o.istt ga 88at 9Yo.lA 5xaE
4 ut.Tlre. writer is acquainted with man, the
| owner Of some fonr hundred acres of land,
I and the father of three adult sons, who may
4 betaken rs aItype ofa large class of farm
iers. r3Sunrise finds linn ut his work. and at
s,isetheis still there.l Elrom daylight until
dark. lwithtil exception ora brief interval
! i'll the middle of the day. e,anelhis SONS are
. engaged in hard manual labor. After q late
Esupper3 they retire almost, immediatlyito
tbeId1Each Succeeding dry is repetition of
those that preceded it, ~ssu' 20 Iaqghs@ s 10
i0fNow, What areisomoiofihe results of this
bseyereo and l,nremittingi toily In tine first
,pEce, lit tlwarfs Thist brain. 1t requires all
bhisNital force and nervous force to support
,the dn,illupon his mi1scularssys and his
Fbraimis left bankrupt! l3A9 friedman cannot
HtllinI.1Elf u farmer 9afttra hard day work
lslsfdown a few. moments to read OF reflect,
HE almost immediately fails asleep. IosWhy :?
Itleftto supportlmental actNityJ3o 4asgoa' I
t'ltBrain work isai eNhausting process, and
occasions anCurgnnt inloaas demand
upDntlle forces ofalaltlitien and if these
iaVcabeen directed prinoih hally to the sup
isljoEtxDf sHuscle.iit will eiphySscaliylimpo
ssl& tor amman ato,pnalse amy considerable
nent.gl oNeEtoaai; anet il the vital energies
t.ile continually yTdirected tto'the supporbof
Ealluscle, thebrain, forMant. of sustcnance,
Fbeeofmes sdWartesl, of, only partially devel |
bo1ndaa the man ce;M3es to fake sany3plea-
Esurapin intelleettlal p,lrsllits--his ideas be-
scUtne naTlowca,, ,,liu circumscribed. lie be-
comes Incapable pf.investigating principles,
and does levesytliing mechanically His sch
tasibiltics becoaae callonselg and he passes
hthrogillt the worlds Iabsolutely insensible to
nearly eNegything tl!uttgratiiies and develops
AtllNaiotl-lAe ia1onr nattlies!io2 ei a3idH
.Mulfe secont, l,klce,C it deprives him of the
noblest enjoyments Of life, becattse it units
him either tp understand ,or.to appreciate
the beautiful and woiiderful phenomena by
Il Wsl,icii lie IS suriounded. The atmospheric
Il gases.' wltla little water and 4 few simple
minerals, are transformed, under his, very
II eyes, into The beautiful rose. The sun lifts
+ the walcr: from the ,ocean's bed and trans
\ ports it thoiis:lnds OF miles 70 render fertile
| lis otherwise barren soil. Under the infil-
u enbc of natural forces, a little carbon, water
+ anfd nitrogen. All Constituents Of the atuos-
i phere, assume The form of a grain Of corn.
h These are certainly wonderful events, mir
/. acJ.olls changes; Yet they fail To excite his
surprise. sc to. awaken his admiration, or even
to stimulate his curiosity. Why? Because
/ lie does not think. His perceptions are
bl,ntecid,; his brain. deprived Of its normal
slstcpadnce III tie interest OF muscle. is
aroused to Intellectual activity only with
difEculty. lie has no idea of any home life
me njn1tconr.n.ected n. with labor. lie has 10 appre-
ciatiou or love Tor the beautiful. 4 flower
Is to him merely q weed. His home is una ua;
dorlcd, Everything is regarded from g g
ufi,itarian standpoint, and nothing is re-
aaued as useful tlat viii not lf adHpinister " to
his Tllysica comfort. ,IyerIYthnns is brought
l5,,y i ,wn i':l io an saia basis. rhe mind is made
he. lie servant Of tie BODY, 2td his spiritual