The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-11-23

ieal sill have accomplished wonders in
the production Of crops, the dttehins o.
land, and the erection Of fences. Thegeat
burdens IN farming have bean taken nom
the shoulders Of men and placed on the
necks Of horses or the driving
wheels Of steam engines, The
once tiresome occupation OF cut
tipggrass, securing and thrashiug grain, are
now performed BY machinery. The farm
er Gun now ride when he plows, harrows,
rollsend cultiyates the soil that produces
his crops. During the time that so much
has been accomplished to tighten the labors
Of the farmer but little has been done TO
decrease the amount Of work to be per-
formed in the kitchen, chamber and laun.
dry, The tools OF Boaz are only preserved
as curiosities, but the crude household i'm,
plements used by Ruth are still employed
in the kitchens OF most modern farmers:
Bread is kneaded, floors are scrubbed and
clothes are washed to-day in the same man
ner they were in the days OF the Jewish
patriarchs, and there is more OF, each kind
OF labor to be performed. Now, it holds
TO reason that the farmer who has sutiici-
ent capital to employ machinery to cult
yate his broad acres, and TO hire men to
operate the machines, can relieve his wife
Of the care, labor and responsibility OF
keepinga boarding house Tor laborers, and
his duty to do SO is plain.
So far as the experiment has been tried,
men employed on large farms prefer to
board elsewhere than in the houses Of their
employers, even il the food and sleeping
accommodations are not as good, Those
who are married desire to keep house, and
those who are single prefer to board in the
house OF one Of their fellow-laboreH The
experiment OF allowing the single men EN-.
pI0yed on a large farm to board in the
family OF married associate is generally
very satisfactory. They find enjoyment in
each others society, and to use their own
Language, shave better time" They are
free from the restraint they habitually feel
in the presence OF their employers, their
families and visitors, They eau make the
hours for their meals more to their liking
and can engage in games and other pas
times without fear OF disturbing persons
who do not engageAn them. Where sew
eral men are employed on q farm they
would generally prefer separate, sleeping
rooms, common room in which to take
their meals, and large room in which they
can read and enjoy themselves as they
choose. Such building can be construct.
ed Cheaply, and can be rented TO q married
couple on the farm, or to any other com
petent person who may wish to take board
ers. The plan OF allowing farm hands to
make their own arrangements for board
lodging and washing, makes it necessary to
pay them for their services in cash or It's
equivalent ut specified times, This plan
is the right one. Justice demands that Il
farm hand should receive his monthly
wages when they are earned. The use oil
the money is worth as much to him as t.
his employer. An order on a store where
farmer has a running account Is moi
worth rs much as the sum called for, Cash
is required to buy goods at the lowest
prices, and the purchaser should be allowed
to trade where he pleases.