The sun. (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1883-188?, 1883-10-03
FIELD AND FARM.
Labor On the Farm,

Our farming operations must be
carried on by labor. and to make la
Dor successful it must be done with
profit. The more labor, therefore,
that can be employed the better. so
that it meets this requirement, The
best farmer of my acquaintance is
one who employs the most labor:
this in proportion to the land he oc-
cupies. He says the difficulty with
many farmers is that they hire any
body. and anybody is nobody. You
want as good work done as in the
mechanic trades. More Judgment.
even. is required. and an honest pnr-
pose to carry it ont. There is much
complaint about hired laber. | have
no difficulty. pay good wages, and
get fair to good men. these improv-
ing under my direction Or that Of
my best man, the improvement en-
couraged by increased pay and good
treatment. Labor is an important
part of the farm, and requires hian-
agement. This will be evident when
the different work Of the farm is
considered. In ploughing, for in
stance, it matters materially whether
the soil is turned evenly, 0 "strips"
are allowed, as where the land is
stony or hard: These missed places
are so much waste, besides fasnf4ng
weeds, and the next ploughing will
find them harder, lifting the plough
again. or if turned by agood plough
man, break ap r. Jumps. This is the
case in reduced clay SOIL, ana, III the
aggregate, the harm is consider
able, though generally unnotieed.
Harm also results from the ignorant
and spitsfg49t abuse of teams, the ne
glect of oiling and Hro1afr treatment
of machinery and implements Of
farming, sighting work III hoed
crops, in laying tile, and particularly
in the care Of stock. Indeed, there
is 40 work on the farm that may
not be sighted: a4tl itt the aegggnre-
gate, this tells largely, seriously re-
ducing the profit of the farm, and
sometimes eAtifeIY 0yfrbalancing it.
81. g." IN Nef York s"H:
FRuiF FARMING IN ENGLAND
Planting arabic land with frnit trees
to any considerable extent has al
ways been discouraged in England.
Of course, fruits of various kinds are
raised, bu. principally in gardens OF
on land not adapted to gain or root
crops, because they were considered
of far more importance than fruit.
For this aud other reasons that
might be named, large ORCHARDS. such
as seen almost everywhere III the
United States, are almost unknown
in Great Britain. In the past few
years, however, it appears that the
owners of large farms OF estates
have commenced to encourage the
planting of large orchards rs Il
means of proftably employing ara
bic land that was in want Of tenants.
and this, too, without raising a storm
of opposition as it would have done
a few years ago. We note one in
stance, as reported III an English
contemporary, of the planting OF
500 acres Of fruit on the farm of
Lord Ludely. in Worcestershire, and
if the experiment is a success. he
proposes to extend the orchard con-
siderably, He has already planted
over $4,000 plum trees and $4,000
apples: also, 34O.O 900 black currants
and gooseberries. 1t is no wonder
that the English press look upon
this. not only as an innovation, but
likely to be repeated on other large
estates.-N. Y. SIN.
To KEEP Hoes HEALTHY.-Keep
your hogs in good, clean fields; give
them access to pure water even
though you should be compelled to
dig a we'll for that purpose; a good
pump and plenty of clean troughs,
cleansed every week, will cost but
little and will always prove a valua~
BILE outlay. Provide, also, in the
driest part Of the field, a good shell
ter, both from sun and rain. A few
rails properly arranged two or three
feet from the ground, covered with
a stack of straw or coarse prairie
grass, will be an Attractive place for
the entire drove.
In troughs, neal by their resting
places. two or three times each week,
you may place a composition OF
salt, soda, red pepper and ginger.
TO four parts of the first two arti-
cles, add one part of the latter. Our
common red peppers will do very
we'll: they should, however, be we'll
~pulverized, and all the ingredients
thoroughly mixed. Most healthy
animals will readily devour salt. TO
obtain itthey will also take the alkali
and the stimulant. Me cnmnOmnd