Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-08-02
Hired Help on the Farm.

Hired Help on the Farm.
There are few farmers who are not
obliged at some time during the year tc
have more or less extra help, and on
larger farms help is required the year
round. On very large farms, especially
where mixed farming and stock raising
is carried on, three or four men are re-
quired. During the season of wheat,
1 oats and hay harvest, and threshing. a
large force Of extra hands is required
! The farmer who has had several wears
experience in getting hired help knows
only too we'll how unreliable the ma
| jority of the help he can secure is. And
it is an important question with him
| how he can best improve his help.
OF course there are hired men who
take an interest in their work and do it
/ propcrly-who have some ambition to
get ahead in the world. and are not as
4 over-nice as the majority of farm hands
are about the work they perform.
In the first place, the farmer himself
J is many times to blame. He looks upon
his hired man as simply machine. out
/ OF which he must get all the work he
can at the. least possible expense.
Nv here this is the case, the hired help is
very quick to discover the fact, and
| that farmer need not be surprised if he
issQmetimes disappointed in the selec-
! ton of his help.
You can coax a man, or the majority
of men, to do almost anything YOU wish
that is fair and right, but it is hard to
drive man to do anything more than
he can heip, even if he knows it is right
So that. on this point. we can say.
.s'don't drive but coaX-treat your men
decently. and if there is spark of
manliness about them they will appre-
ciate it
/ have often seen hired help treated
in such way that we could not blame
them for Sinking or getting careless
! whenever the opportunity offered. and
| rather pitied them than their EMPLOYERS.
OF coutSe some men will be careless in
their work and will shirl at every
opportunity 1t is best to get rid of such
| men as quick as possible. before they
do. or leave undone. something that
may cause more loss than awhOle wears
| wages Will amount to. Such men are
not to be trusted at any time, and are
better away from the farm.
Thare is very little question but that
where help is needed the year round the
: tenant plan is the best. If YOU can en-
ploy man with a family, furnish him
with a home and a small patch OF
+ ground. You generally get reliable help.
of con, 81 there are exceptions, but, as
. q rule, this kind of help is far more de-
sirable than single men.
One of the strongest arguments for
this plan is the load taken from the
generally overworked wife, and the
Il risk of contamination of your children
by having hired help. The tenant can
do all the work, be always on hand,
and be no extra trouble to the house
wife whatever; and during the pushing
times when a large number of hands
= are necessarily employed, he can board
these extra hands, and thus save youl
own family vast amount of worry and
hard work.
Then, the tenant has more interest in
his work and that of his employer, know
ing that SO long as he is successful he is
sure of a permanent place. Then, again,
there are lev f;fTmers but what at times
! during the year are compelled to be
away from home, and the fact that YOU
have 4 man at home upon whom YOU
can rely to properly attend to the work
on the farm is great relief That will
goa long way toward lessenine the sus
pensesof mind and body. -
A neat, comfortable home can be built
i cheaply. Tt should be as near the sta
-bles and woods as possible, so that the
tenant can properly care for the stock
without too much Inconvenience. Give
the man small plat of ground. so thai
the laborer can have garden anC
t+tspotato patch. and then receive good
: honest tenant, and YOU have at least one
!, reliable ..Relp." Prairie Farmer;
s. Frank Day waited at Needleton
Col, until the noon train passed down
and, being informed that no other trair
was on the road. he took the track il
preference to the trail. had ridden som,
mile or more, when. happening to loo!
up, to his establishment he saw the con
struction train going around the curve
and but a few rods distant. A wall o
J rock to the left and the river to the RICH
and twenty feet below. A moment de
cided, and lifting his mare by the bride
he sent the spurs into her sides ano
jumped her down into the foaming wa
: ter. Fortunately no injuries were sus
tained.-SilrertOn Democrat.
' A mob of women took down enc
l removed the shanty of man who has
a ! al. of I'M