The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-12-01
THE FARM HAND.
A Glass OF l.abOrcrs Who Arc Better d
Than They NJ ght lie.

A Glass Of labOrcrs Who Arc Better on
Than They Night lie.
One of the best parts Of tho situa-
ton. to-day. for the farmer, is the fact
that he can truly gay: II have paid
my help better than am paid" and
he is conscience-free Of taking hand
at oppression. If he has partially let
thee z1nRn alone, he has been
obi g. The day hand, with the
usual pa. can get with weeks work
q barrel Of flour. suit Of working,
clothes. including boots and news
paper for year. Part Of tho year he
gets fraction less, while in grain
handling . fraction more. A dozen
years ago he could not got better pay.
and he could not buy the same articles
with scarcely any less tlan two weeks
work. On by far tho most 100.
acre farms, first-class month
hand and such one is seldom pro-
ticient in his avocation, cquaing a
master in other callings-gets from;
$50 to 1888 month, counting board.
ETC., at a low rate.
Anent this, mechanics, fremen and
engineers who receive $40 month
would be glad to save out, or have can
celed their board and laundry bills.
which really cut their pay back to $22
and less This month-hand's pay for
seven months takes One-quarter vi the.
| sales of the farm, Mt average. II he
"workcd the farm and did all the
work, furnishing teams and tools, and
falf Of seeds, taxes. etc, he would get
but half the net sales, with his fam
lily and team board. Surely tho month.
hand is getting fair deal. and this is.
right. Let farm labor be we'll paid,
that good men may be retained de-
spite the low estimate wrongly pu. on
this following by other workers and
plebs urbana. But let no ono say the
work is hard-"that tune must be
changed" another age is ushered in.
The hired man is not asked to lug at
cast-iron pillow that never secured.
nor take up the role OF the ''sower
who went forth to SOW" and with
mule-pack style and main force, strid-
ing to and fro, broadcast the grain.
| He no more tres out with the dull
| scythe. Then the mandrake. which
used to call for skill and long cndur.
ance is almost q bric-a-brac curiosity.
,, The sole "horse power" required of the
man is "hitching on"-and hay-load-
ers are claiming that situation. The
Grader no longer challenges the binder
| to test of cieverness and hardihood:
| and the thistle patches have lost their
power to bring dread to the human
breast; the long grain boards and thistle
points can not get a chance to touch
the hands; and the sole relic of sickle
DAYS remains in the corn harvest.
The custom is going fast which
looked on EIGHT hours before dinner,
and eight after" as days work. The
wondrous change is seen on many a
farm, and with the same never-quit-
work task-master Of former years at
the head, where the men are not in the
lot at sunrise, and the teams are re-
turned and the oh ores are done before
shutdown. To be sure, men are not
employed so constantly as formerly,
for farmers are bound to stay by
] machinery, and not expend for labor
more than a quarter of net sales. or, rs
/ we'll. half Of net income. Yet the
laborer need work less than half the
year in the farmers pay and still live
far above want. The hOuse-rentcr has
allowances and opportunities which 20
far to living. and If neither waste.
the weed nor the shebeen. draw on
him, he will eventually own a notch Of
the Republic. w L. Derereaaa, ~ N
!. Tribune.