Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-03-22
The Farmers Work.

The work OF the farmer, perhaps more
than that of any other man, is depend
ent upon and govern d by the seasons.
There is a spefiaIfR'w ffcn he has in
hand, and much that he does cannot be
done at any other time than in that
VIII h has been provided for it in the
economy of nature. He cannot If he
would change The order OF sequence in
these things, and there is no course to
be pursued except that of compliance
with law which he is as powerless to
amend rs he is to sue -essfully disobey.
The success of the pursuit OF agriculture
is largely dependent upon the rigid OBJ
servancc of the laws. Nature is ever
ready to help the farmer. bat she must
do it in her own way and at her own
time. No good farmer fails to recog-
nize the i'm Ortance of being always
ready for the changes and requirements
of the seasons. He knows that there is
a time for fertilizing. n time for plant
ing time for cultivating, a time for
harvesting. and 4 time for selling He
knows that June is not the time to break
up the ground for corn, Lor December
the time FOR harvesting the crop; that
each gra n and vegetable must be pla, ed
in III. soil when the season and the ele-
mcnts are ready for it; that the mature
product, to be perfe t, must be given
sufficient time to l. ipen, and yet not be
allowed to deteriorate in quality by per
hitting it to remain uncared fOr until
the ger od of maturity has been reached.
1t is the work of long Years to practi-
callv and thoroughly learn tn Sc things,
vet he is not master OF his business II
he fails to famiiariZe himself with them.
There is a great deal, and much more
than many people imagine, in being
fnr b,,. ho of n a
seasons on the farm. That it is infinite
ly better to push ones work than to
lie pushed by it is the experience OF
everyone who has given both kinds OF
management Il fair trail. 1t is, of
course, impossible to do the same kinds
OF work ut precisely the same date
each successive year. So great are the
variations of season and temperature
that there will necessarily be a differ
encc OF fortnight or a month i'll plant
ing for a certain crop this year and
next. A late spring or an early one
MAJ necessitate quite change in pro,
rramme in matter of time. But this
need not and should not interfere with
the farmers beng prepared for either
event. There is no good reason why
one should not be always ready to take
advantage of an unusual propitiousness
of season. If time can be gained by an
unexpected favorable opening of spring
| or early arrival of summer he should be
| in Il position to rea ize the most possi
| BILE from the advantageous circumstan
ces If the season be late there is NJ
| loss in being ready for it early. Indeed
| there is cven then gain in being alway:
| on t me. There is such thing, o
course, as being IN too great a hurry
in rushing the work of the farm. Plow
ing planting and harvesting may alike
be so unseasonabiy early as 10 be profit
| less. There is no great proneness.
| however, in this direction. We take il
| that delay is charseable with agricul
| tural failure to much greater extent
| than is undue haste. The most sue
cessful farmer is the one who avoid:
both these extremes. Always ready and
| ALWAYS in good time he never rEshes
inconsidcrateiy ahead of nature, and is
only placed at fault in his calculations
by some very unusual development OF
season or some circumstance beyonC
his control. The country wants more
clea--headed, thoughtful, well posted
ever ready men in its agricultural in
terests, in order to make the chief oc
cupation of our people in the highes
degree remunerative and thriving
National S Och man.