Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-01-09
BOYS ON THE FARM.

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gets his first pair of boots and trudges to
school by the side of an older sister. He
does not care any longer to take her hand
The leading strings are cut. But this early
ambition to be a man is entirely eclipsed,
when he has taken charge of his first pair of
steers, and started for the fair. Has he not
raised them, broken them to the yoke, taught
them to pull and to back, to haw and to gee?
They are evidence of his skill in subduing
brute muscle He is going up to the exhibi-
tion to display the fruits Of his triumph, and,
as he hopes, to wear the laurels of victory.
He is no longer merely spectator, but an
exhibitor, an entertainer Of ofspectators. There
is difference Of native tastes in boys. Some
have natural aptitude to one calling and
some to another, but most men have their
callings determined by early circumstances,
sometimes by incidents so trivial that they
have hardly place in memory. 1t is not
difficult generally for father, who loves the
farm, to determine the calling of his children
If he makes it business of thrift, and pro-
vides comfortably for his family, they will
respect the calling. If he is discouraged and
continually shifting his work, or his home
they will not be very likely to make tillers
of the soil. One can hardly begin too early
with his boys to incline them to the calling
that is to give them bread, and the means
of their future usefulness. If the boy is to
be farmer, he must begin to have person
al interest and venture in farming while he
is yet boy. Filial affection, in a happy
home, is very strong motive to industry
and fidelity, but it does not shape a boys
plans for life like an investment Of his own
brains and muscles in daily work. He should
have crops and animals, not only that he can
cali his own, but that are his own, to keep,
to enjoy, and to sell for his own pleasure and
profit. The trusts may be small at first, but
they should absolute, and let him have his
own experience of success and failure in man.
aging them. Let him manage poultry, a lamb,
a calf, or colt, and exhibit his own stock
at the fairs We notice with great satisfac-
ton the increasing attentson paid to the boys
at the fall fairs. Boys did some Of the best
wor k at recent plowing match at one of our
fairs. One, boy of fourteen, held the pow
and drove his own team, and made as good
seed bed as his older competitors These
premiums for boys work are in the right di-
rection let them be noted in making up the
lists for next year-American Agriculturalist
for December.
NERVOUS Cows.-No observing person can
have the care of herd Of cows long, with
out noting a great variance in the character
and disposition Of the various animals. The
famous Mrs. Partington once remarked that
'there is as much difference in folks as there
is in anybody" and it is just so with COWS.
The feminine peculiarities that we are apt to
note in our own kind may, many of them, be
detected among the domestics animals. Some
COWS are so phlegmatic and good.natured
that moderate amount of ill-treatment does
not seem to disturb their equanimity. Others
are naturally vicious, and will kick and hook
without provocation. There is another class
they may easily be made to appear ugl ly, and
in time really become 80, in consequence Of
rough handling or carelessness 1t requires a
considerate and good dispositioned man to
manage such COWS and get along with them.
They must be humored, spoken kindly to,
and gently handled in milking. Swearing at
them or beating them demoralizes them fear
fully and makes them almost useless in a
short time. 1t is often among the very best
mixers and butter makers that these nervous
animals occur, and we cannot afford to have
their value thus impaired. No violence
should be allowed among the cows at any
time; but if you have impatient help, or are
quick tempered yourself, let some person who
doesn't get mad so easily milk the nervous
COWS. A cruel man ought never to have
charge of any stock whatever.
WHAT FARMERS SUCcEED.-That farmer
will succeed who makes up his mind that the
whole secret of success is in himself; that it
is the man and not the business that tells.
He will succeed if he brings to bear the same
amount ofskill, forethought, energy, economy
and Judgment that any other business re-
ouires. He will succeed if he sticks close to
his farm. as the mechanic does to his shop,
and not expect to work three or four months
and then take his ease the rest of the year.
He will succeed if it is his intention that what
ever he sends to market shall be the very best,
and 50 made and put up than when seen, it
will be captivating for its freshness, cleanliness
and purity, and will be unhesitatingly taken
on account of his we'll known character tor
honesty of weight, measure and count. those
who have farms may think themselves tor.
tunate, for although they vii not thereby lind
sudden roads to wealth, they will certainly
prove that persistent farm labor will bring a
! sure reward, 1t it worthy of notice that the
adventurer and speculator, with blasted hopes
and shattered health and fortune, has in the
end to come back to the farm for health and
safety. Agriculture is the basis of national