Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-09
Getting Along with Work.
n. Reed In Country aentleman

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notes on the subject may be of value,
for the younger men need slime upon
line" The first essential is that there
be labor enough-that is, let there be
men enough employed to do all the
work that is laid out, in season and
in n proper manner. 1t is taken for
granted that none is laid out which is
not profitable. If the labor cannot
be done in season, and in n proper
manner, 1t should not be attempted.
"Better late than never" is n perni-
cious saying, and is not true on the
farm. 1t is better to hire by the
month than by the day, If there is
the expectation of needing the man
nearly all the time. The wages are
less, and it is better to have the man
ready ut your hand all the time.
When the day laborer fails to come
in the morning because sit looks like
rain," his help may be needed before
night, at n loss of twice the amount
of wages. If the regular work is in
terrupted by the weather or any 9TH
er cause, there is an odd job ready,
unless the farm is in condition very
unlike anything generally seen. II
there is no fence to be repaired, no
farm road to be improved, no weeds
or bushes TO be cut, no garden work
to be done, no tools TO be mended,
no stables to be white-washed, no out
bulldogs to be cleaned, no carriages
to wash, then that farm is one which
| should like to see. II is q serious
mistake to suppose that only the reg.
ular work of the farm will warrant
the wages of hired man, and that
odd jobs may be done or left undone
till the regular work is finished. 1t
is easy to show the hese incidental
items of farm work\ \arrant the cost
of labor required by tAem. There is
a patch of weeds whidh you intend
ed should be cut some leisure day,
but your day laboreg went fishing,
and the weeds are not cut. 1t would
have been better to lave given 81 n
day than TO have them left. Can any
careful farmer walk over his farm
and find anything which needs to be
done without much delay
Second, let there be n prudent
planning what is TO be done-the la
Dor required, the time needed, and
the order in which the work is to be
done. 1t is n common mistake in
young farmers mot to make sufficient
allowance for kindranccs for work,
which are nearly, certain to come.
My wise instructor used to admonish
me to shave plenty of leeway :" that
is, to have room foL some Unforeseen
hindrances. In tb 4 third place, YOU
should make prJg barations. Half
the labor seems I'd, be saved some
times by having everything ready
when the work is commenced. In
the fourth place, yoA should antici.
pate the work; be little ahead with
it. 1t is rare achieNement TO be al
ways up to time. Mdst of the busi-
ness of the world dragA little be.
hind. In order to be suie of the ac.
complishment Of any imk kortant work
in due season, some paH of it may
! be done day in advance. Ifit is
wofk which may require ,extra help,
do not wait till it gets behind and
begins to Cfow9 yopI you in.
crease your force, - hat come
in as near the beginning II the jot
as possible. 1t is much easier and
cheaper to drive than to bd driven
With many farmers the works. n lit
tie more than they calculated, and
the time for it little less. -
have all the time there is, anil K Tru
dent man will match his work to the
time.
zone thing at time" is a good
rule, but it has its exceptions some
times on the farm. Two things may
need to be done at once, and IL is of
ten better to increase the force thar
let one of the crops wait loss. 4
the corn is late, and the grass early
and ready to be cut, it would be goot
economy to have force enough fol
both than that one should be too lat,
orhot well done.
The manager Of large farm should
not try to do too much with his owl
: hands. He may exhaust in exces
sive physical labor that mental fore,
which is necessary TO the energetic
management of his business. Blu
he must choose the time wisely wher
to take his hand ont of the work. |
must be when all his men are at som,
task which does not require showing
how, and not on broken day wheI
they do not know what TO do. !
I there are two men or more, one o
them should be foreman, and be re
sponsible for the work, and accoun
TO the owner at the end of the day
IL will not do to have the responsi
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