Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-07-09
AGRICULTURAL.
HIRING HELP.

HIRING HELP.
On the farm the hired help become |
members of the farmers family, says '
the National Stockman, and often the |
association is necessarily most intimate !
between the sons and daughters and /
the hired man and the hired woman.
For this reason the utmost care should |
be exercised in investigating the char
acter of the person who is to be SO in
timately associated with the young,
who are just at the age to be the most
easily led astray and taught bad habits
by vicious and INSCRIPTIONS help.
Every farmer owes it to his family
and to himself to look at this moral
side of the question first, and to let it
have the greatest weight in deciding
whom he shall hire, and not lead his
young sons or daughters into unknown
temptations. But there are other con-
siderations also which should be most
closely looked into before hiring any
one TO help with the farm or the house
work. A realization of the difference
between good and Indifferent or poor
help, and also that good hand is
worthy of good wages, while a poor
hand is dear if he works for nothing
and boards himself, is necessary in
| leading to proper consideration of
this question. There always is temp
tation to employ the first and cheapest
help that comes along, and to tust to
luck that he turns out good invest
ment. About nine times out of ten we
are disappointed in the efficiency or in
the character of the hand thus en-
ployed. Such loose way of doing
business does not pay in any affair,
and would not he followed in any
otner except liz hiring help. A hand
who Is to have charge of farm, or to
help in the care of the stock, should
be kind and careful, and one who will
not in any way abuse an animal under
any circumstances, or neglect TO prop
erly feed and attend to its wants; and
the farmer should inform himself upon
these points concerning the man whom
he is about to hire.
faithful to the farmers interest, steady,
and not be wanting to run half the
time, and, especially, just when work
is crowding the hardest. The sue
cess of the farm and the crops de-
ponds very much upon the employ
ment of sober, industrious, intelligent,
and faithful hands, and no others
should be tolerated on well-regulated
farm. Now, we hope that the ques-
ton will receive from farmers gen.
orally the attention its importance de-
! l,n al, nth tait
fulness and capabilities of the one
seeking employment will decide the
question either for or against him.
FARMERS SHOULD OBSERVE.
If farmers would observe NOR,
closely the habits of these insects
which prey upon their crops they
would be much better prepared to bat
tie with them, Take, tor instance
the large, black squash bug, thai
makes its appearance when the vines
are of large size, and if let alone will
surely destroy them. The observing
farmer will notice that the eggs arc
deposited on the under side of the
leaves, in groups, which can easily be
crushed, and thus destroyed. He will
also observe that the bug in question
will get under stone, leaf or Other
covering, as night approaches, and by
placing single beside the hill a
night, large numbers of bugs will
take shelter under it, and can be de-
stroyed in the morning.
SO with the birds and animals tina
destroy his crops; all have habits pc
culiar to themselves. No observing
farmer would take his gun and hun
for woodchucks in the middle of the
day; he would go early in the morn
ing or just before evening, with {
much better prospect of success.
His observations should also extenC
to the growth and habits of the CROP
which he grows, and lie will soor
learn the best methods for him to pur
sue. There is no occupation in which
observation can be put to better ust
than in farming; this, coupled witt
experience, is the farmers best anC
safest teacher. The farmers observa
ton should not be limited to his owl
experience; he should look about ant
see what his neighbors are doing, moi
in poke your nose into other peo
Piles business" kind of a way, but ht
should observe how their methods in
farming differ from his own, and not
results. He may thus get new and
better ideas about his business than hi
would otherwise have had. Theories
are very good in their way, but obser-
walton and experience will beat then
every time.
THE CALVES DIE,
Mr.. S. Carr, Oswego County, N. Y,
started in the spring with fourteen
calves. When between two and three
months old they began to show symp-
toms of some kind OF disease, and he
has already lost six, and the remainder
are affected. They begin to lose theil
appetites, and when they lie down they
stretch out their necks to the fulles
extent, and roll their eyes clear over
they do not seem to be in any distress
but die easily. When their hides are
taken off the blood seems to have set
tied about their heads and necks. Mr.
c. wants to know the name OF the dis
ease and remedies, if any. We nevel
knew of such cases; if any of oul
readers know anything about it, the.
will confer favor by informing us,