Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-11-28
q Eesd Nosk. vs., Hail 1sAA

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We can readily understood why our
neIthbar Ihdriscs at in the morning,
and spends two or three hours Of almost
talking politics, does not, prosper at
u We say sometimes. perhaps
heartlessly, that he does not deserve 10
succeed, and, that we hAve no sympathy
for HIM Bat most of us will not hays
ID look veE far to find another neigH4
Dor whom we rarely see away irou
home. but Is generally found in frocn
and OveraAS plodding at his work; AID
yet this farmer is not growing richfE
but ather-Poofsr. How-are wa-tQa
eoSas Wsa'i,s sTsa,ss ,yesy .siflirt and
Industrious carriage manufactures wso
failed in his business after long and
hard struggle. Another succeeded him.
and the tables were turned at once.
With no other faculties than the first
et.iored, the new conner soon built mp 3
thriving and profitable business. lie
was once asked why his predecessor
met with so signal failure; he replied:
"He worked too much he spent his time
at his bench when he ought to have
been attending to his sales and pur.
chascs aud overseeing his workmen.'
Is not this answer suggestiyes May 1t
not account for the fact that some of the
most industrious farnlers never rise
above medipcrltv? Some farmers GER
talaly do eger-estimate the importance
Of the labor Of their own hands.
Suppose man has two teams and
four meu at WORK on his farm. 1t is
obviously of greater importance that he
should keep all adyantageously employ
ed everyhour in the day thar that his own
hands should be kept constantly busy.
Few men are able to do good handwork
and rood hcatt-w0rk ut the same time.
Better lay by the hoe or pitchfork and
plan the work, SO that every stroke shall
count. and 50 that there shall he 20 de-
laws or blunders. Every farmer should
have a caretuliy-laid plan for each days
operations betvre beginning work in the
morning. Without sucn forethought
things cannot go on smoothly. Tue
VIII ileltrees will be- needed on the wag-
on When they are three fields away on the
plow; the hay-rack will have to be re-
paired after the hay is ready 10 haul TO
the barn; or the team and the men will
be kept waiting TO grease bot axle.
hefarmer who keeps himself weared
ana worried with manual labor is in
poor condition for plan wisdom. His
mind will be ha,npered and fretted. and
annoyances that Would >circely ruiile
peaceu vi mind are enough tn Stir MS
troubled spirit to foam. Things seem
afrayed against him--not because they
are SO, but because he is overtaxiug HIM
self.
The farmer must make Q difference
between his own work aud that CT hls
hired man. or be will sooner Or later
fail in body and in business. His mar
has but one subject to engross his atten-
ton, the work upon which be is engag-
ed but with the farmer there are many
weighty questions to ne considered.
there are the arrangement and timing
of his work. There is the subject of
supplements aud machinery. Of farm inn
provcments. Of rotation of crops and Of
varieties, ali important questions. Then
there Is the commercial aspect of his
business, which he car eertaln not af-
ford to overlook. If he deals With these
subjects wisely he does well wthout put
ting his own hand to the plow,. lie is
poor business man whose head is not
worth more than his hands. e.
There are doubtless farmers to wAom
moderate manual labor is a true pleas
ure. 1t is not work as a..privilege, but
work as a duty, that we ATE denouncing.
The farpler whose mini is so large and
whose farul is SO small that the care of
1T is no burden aud who tgkes delight
in moving his fertile soil and his golden
grain with his own hands, is of all men
the most enyable. But we all agree
that such farmers are too few. We find
many more who come to thelsiaay side
of life with the back bent with toll and
the brow furrowed withs care.t 1t 10
for this class that these WORDS are meant
- Ry.rui Men, ]orlcr 81