The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-10
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neatness In farming, and may conclude q
once that It is all a tancy, and might dt
Tor the fancy farmers to pursue. We
knowethat the dirty clotheB soiling work o.
the farmer must be done and dirty clothes
cannot Well'be avoided while porformins
some porttonsiof farm work. But this Il
not the point that we Wish to explain. 1
is not 80 much the lsolled hands anc
clothes, :as the careless ahd Slip shod man
asr q s Plssnping ,s and conducting the opera
Y is ssld, and we think In truth. tha,
cleanliness is next to gotliness. Aud /,
surely indicates the morl worth, and the
good qualities of a man to a great degree,
1t shows that he has certainly. been edu
Gated either by nature Of II hsa.vatinn K
hatbits Of neatness and industry. l'here-
fore 1t ls not 80 much the dirt that every
farmer has to deal with, as the Indifferent
way that he regards atdirt, and Its pro-
per place. A philosophers once described
dirt" thus, 'tmatter out Of place;" and II
Is having matter out Of place that
makes the slack farmer. ~
If we. step upon the premises OF the
slovenly farmer, how quick we are to note
the appearance Of the surroundings the
eye Is panied to see this matter out of
place, in an hundred nays, such as his
farming tools scattered broadcast over the
farm, where the same have been left to
rust out In the stbrmsH :he dllapitated
condition, Of hle fencet, and The bushes
growing up around every stump and stone
heap that may be upon his fields. The
rough manner in which all his farming
operations are conductfd will be plainly
seen, the rough moving fields, and ali
kinds OF rubbish scat fsfed to The four
winds. Everywhere on our farms almost.
we see THE lack of caref,f attention which
ls necessary to the comfort and respect-
ability Of the farmer .a4
Why 10 it that the buildings. the farm.
the fences, and the Surroundings of the
neat farmer looks 81 inhting to the refined
or the man who deslreT order or neatness
In all things relating tothe farm IT IA
because the farmer ha5 this neatness of
habit and puts 1t into practice. He has
studied his work, disciplined his mental
forces and brought thSm to bear on the
subject as one OF Importance. He ,s one
that sticks to the nbtto, that anything that
Is worth doing, Is Worth doing we'll. But
he has not learned t\is' lesson all IN q dav.
he has probably BEN educated up to this
practice by degree9 However, there are
many who can leah the habits of neatness
more easily than ohers, yet 1t is necessary
10 tue farmer to sddirect his labor that he
may become mastF Of his trade.
we nope that or farmer will labor to
correct this habit Pt the lax operations of
our farmers. w are aware that 1t will
need much labor h the way of talking and
writing upon 1 thn su51ect, tor generatlons
bsSt hsSs sss Become odf5hta tAjh tSfi1 y
iicSibesd neatly will be hard to uproot.
>sow let us strive to change this. Let an
air of neatness, order and comfort give tone
to the purposes, and aims OF the farmer
hls yards and fields surely give an lndlca-
ton Of the pleasures Of his employmet, If
kept In neat and orderly manner: His
tools Will be kept In order, and housed
his buildings and fences will look trim.
The weeds will be kept down, the bush es
will cease to grow up in the fence corners;
the unslghtly rubbish will be disposed Of,
and order will soon take the place of chaos,
in all Of the farmers Surroundings.