American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-02-08

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50 Z; " =. i" III
80 tN;:a iJh,T. he .sUr,-., Is.
largely Increased. Bus TIE curse
,i"rs not stop here. il IL not con
fined To the individual who il guilty
OF the miSm1nag"menf or 80 the
.rasOn III which IL occurs. ii has IL
much wider scope. II encourages
labo!ers 10 keep aloof from regular
employment i'll order to reap the
high rates OF the busy season. We
hnS have about us vagabonds hv-
In,T in ldlcneSS and destitute TO: the
greater part of the year. while the
country is crying aloud and offer
ing most liberal terms for regular
labor. 1t also temptS the llborer
who has pledged his services for the
year to desert his regular employ
ment and at the very time when
The fate of the crop depends upon
his faithfuluess. Hence il is one ut
the great drmoralizers of labor and
III this way extends TO all the far
mcrs OF the community and from
season to season. We have hrrrd
much of late yeats If ASSOCIATIONS,
combinations, rings, etc, for par
| tIcular and not always Iauiable
rurpo> es. There is no combination
that could be- OF more benefit to the
farmer and ut the same time OF no
irluIy hut rather also a benefit 20
The laborrr than one among the
farmers not to plant more than "a
specified number at acres TO the
hand" fiXing thc number accord
lng 10 the Judgment oi intelligent
farmers. A particular date of the
year SHOULD, Of course, I've named
when the number of hands should
he Is imatei. If the season should
prove favorable for the easy cult
VII ION of the crop, any spare time
could be most protitpbiy applied to
'tc various improvements of the
farm, which coumt more in the long
run than the profits of the crops.
The vagabond thus deprived OF AL
chauce of eXtortinG upon the far
mer in the distress Of the busy sea
son will be forced TO settle down to
AN honest living in regular labor
and become useful tn himself. 10 his
family aud to the community. The
labor.r under employ ncnt for the
year, having no temptation to de-
sert, will be more apt to prove
faithful to his enga cement. By this
simple check upon overcrnpping one
form of bad management will he
en;iiely removed and at the same
time the evil uf bad labor Will be
greatly moderated. We have been
led here to anticipate to tome e>.
tent future part of Our task, the
suggestion OF remedies. But the
suggestion here made could hardly
be avoided in this connection, and
besides II Is ole that could be acted
Oil at once and with immediate
benefit. whereas ii postponed it
would come TOO late for the present
year. Will not some one of our far
merS make II move in this direction
Ii Is an instance OF bad manages
ment TO neglect 10 cultivate the
bottoms along the h0llows. They
are on many farms suffered to grow
up iii worthless grasses, briars, wills
lows, etc, while much labor aud
capital are wasted III culrivatlng
the almost barren hiilSideS. Ii Is IA
to be compelled to cuti
viiie poor land. but it is bad man
Il gem, mt 10 cultivate il while ,icii |
bottoms near by are lying idle, and |
only needing il little bu>Iness>iikr
To put them in condition TO |
~ oduce fac crops.
1t is bad management to psimit |
siIch destructive modes at tifa9e |
Is we see III many places. Our Rolls
log lands are easily washed aud the
ram Tails heavy, SO that but tew
years OF injudIcious piowIns are
sufficient to remove the fertile tops
soil and leave nothing but bOitom-
less, allied hiIlsides, many OF them |
al eady abandoned and others that
should be, every where tell the story |
OF bad management.
II Is bad management TO pur-
chase COS ly implements aud ma
ciInery that are used but urcaslon-
ally and then Only Tor Il short time
Farmers do not seem 10 properly
.ppie late tho lusS OF interest in
the capital thus invested and the
decay ut the capital Itself. Cost,
and machinery, how
EYER convenient they may br, ami
however much they may seem to
save, must be used gu an extensive
scale or they VIII in the end ne
oss. They are usually uDproti able
IN small farms. 1t is tine thing
o have ~ reaping machine To cut IA
'mall patch OF oats ; but The inner
st on The cost of the machine woulJ
tut the patch by hand for AN lndef-
ute number of years, and there
would ue no ultimate loss of capital
II the decay OF tue machine. Other
md more common instances of IhIs
md of bad management will sug
rest themselves to the observing
arIuer.
1t il OF course bad mama ement to
l+giect the care of any Implement,
sed on the farm. Yet it is not
Tor these implements 70 be
exposed to all the damagin. effects :
4 the we,Jher, TO sunshine a..d
ain, from year to year. Many OF
hem arc ecltrered, broken and
nalIy lost. The frequent removal /
/ capital thus nrglisentIy destroy ed
IA great drain upon the resources
I the farm.
1t Is hardly necessary to speak OF