The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-08-24
Farmers ana Farm HeIp.

AS there are ''books and books
meaning good and bad ones-so there
aro "mcn and men" Some farmers
never have any trouble with their help
and the farm work moves rs steadily
and with as little friction rs clock-work;
Others are necessarily in trouble and
everything yuco wrong. We are ac-
quaintcd with men who are laborers by
the month or year on the farm, and who
make their employers interest their
own. They work as well when the
boss is away as when he is near,
and, in everything they do, they consid-
er how they would act in their EMPLOY
er position There are others, also,
who labor simply for the money they re-
cclvc; they have no interest in the work,
but listen with keen ear for the dinner
horn and watch with eager eye for the
setting OF the sun. TO do the worl,
somehow not necessarily well--is the
principle which governs them.
The farmer who is particular rs to
VIII m he employs; who las the bargain
Weii understood, who pays WELL paws
willingly and pays promptly; who ap-
preclates good service and fairly fuliills
his part OF the agreement, need have
little fear of being troubled by his help.
For such employers there is always some
one to offer service; such EMPLOYERS are
sought by "hired men," and in nine
cases out of ten, satisfaction is mutual.
But, unfortunately, not all employers
are thus careful as to whom they hire
or how they treat their help. They Sc
lect from the trough scuh'' class, from
tramps and those who never have had n
steady situation, simply because they
thnn1 fnr f,;n
per day though, in reality, they receive
q half dollar per day less in return for
services The usual result is that the
farmer has to oversee all his work per-
sonally, look after the implements when
not in Use, go here and 90 there TO give
instructions, and thus lose largely his
own time which. with intellircnt, in
dustrious help, could be elsewhere more
proiltably employed. In fact, each is
intent on getting the most possible from
the other, neither having the welfare OF
the other at heart. Such condition of
things is neither agreeable nor prolta-
ble
We are aware that the same differ
ences are liable to arise between en-
ployers and employed in other occupa-
tlons, but the effects are more strikinp
and more noticeable on the farm than in
the workshop or store where the rou-
tine of duty is more easily marked and
the labor IS more mechanical in it's ma
ture. :farm work can never be reduced
to such eXactness in detail that the
workman can perform it satisfactorily
unless he is thoroughly interested in it.
ana IN hearty sympathy with his en-
ployer. So much for the hired hand
and or the other hand, to keep this in
terest alive, there must be on the part
OF the employer the approval and appre
cation OF work faithfully DONE
But there is something more in this
than the bare fats of work we'll done
and well remunerated. There is q GEN
uine satisfaction on the part of both en-
ployer and employe, and the resultant
happiness which accrues to the men
themselves and to their respective fami-
lies IS thing to be sought for and priced.
BUT when the men are continually at
"loggerheads, their families feel the
feactlve influence, and even society is,
IN degree, affected adversely by it.
whatever, then, will br'ng about mutu-
al contentment and good will among
farmers and their help should be fos2
tered, and while "hircd men" are falli
BILE, the farmer should remember that it
is largely in his power to make their
mutual relations agreeable. .-RttraL Neo0
Yorker