Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-07-13

1t j, not possible for farmers to manage a.
they did in oldcu tmc, The necessary rx
pcnscs Of the farm are much greater than
then. It was once believed that true econ
pmy in farming consisted iu mauariu. "a
incur few expenses Money was scarce,
and when secured by farmers was retained
or when lost it could never be recovered
The idea If the business man to Use mon
ry literally with the purpose Of increasing
it, doe, not belong L. old systems Of farm
ing Labor wa, thu, used, hut money was
good for nothing but to he boarded 10 pay
debts or buy more land.
The introduction Of labor saving ma
chimes has worked great changes in farm
methods. one Of It's first results was b.
encourage farmers 10 attempt far more
than was formerly possible. TIN, broke
mp the routine that farmers had become &C
cuStOmcd TO- and obliged them at other
times than when the labor saving nipple.
mcnt was used 10 employ extra help. Thus
"A small force uu grain farm with mod.
crn harvesting machine could do all the
harvesting, while for fitting the ground and
other preparations the small force would
Ice entirely Inadequate. OR if the farmer
maintain an effective force all the year,
adequate 10 the special eXigcncics Of the
most hurrying season, there will probably
hc long intervals when IT will have little or
nothing to do.
This j, one of the modern farmers troub-
les about team help. Every year "A larger
proportion Of farm work is thrown upon
the horse. If the farmer provides teams
enough 10 do his work without hiring eN
ira teams, he viii for pood share of the
l.a- La, L..uitt.s tb..tt, nat ..t,..,t.,l
do tn pay for their hay and oats 1t Is Ger
taluly better to hire team help if It can he
got at reasonable rates than to keep more
horses than he needs through the year
trnpd farmers have said they would hire
team work if it could always be had, at -
per day, rather than either do without il
or maintain unnecessary horses
II Is very much the same with hiring eN-
ira farm help ltisimpossbe for the most
experienced farmer to always calculate
closely how many days work viii bee need
ed A week Of wet weather may upset all
his plans, and put him So far behind that it
will Toe hopeless b. retrieve lost ground
during the entire season Il j. the uccr,
sity OF modern farming that it bee aided hy
extra help when needed during the grow
ing season. For such help, if ubtainablc
at the right time, a farmer can well afford
~ pay lllEi wage .Ntl ErlllhE IL subjects
thousand, Of farmers To- the most serious
losses.
Farmers have themselye, 10 blame if
help 10y the day, Of men or Of teams. not
10 Ice had in their neighborhuods They
should encourage it by building houses. not
10 hr used 10y tenants, but 10 be bought with
the land attached, say some five or ten
acres, as the purchaser may desire The
men owning these places will be- better cit
izrns than would bc got as tenants, aud will
find means % employ themselves at home
when their services are not wanted else
where. by Offering good pay for team
work, the owners Of such places can easily
IN any good farming ucighborhood make
more at this business than most farmers can
make ON large farms, and il will he for the
advantage of the entire ncighhorhood that
they should do so.
Live aud let live should he the farmers
motto m the employment Of hired help
Hy Just aud liberal dealing il is easy IA gath
er in any community those whose services
can Ice gut in times Of eNigeucy. II hv
special crops, which require more labor, the
farmer builds round him village of small
land owners, IT is certain that the value Of
his own land will increase rather than III
mluish thereby im. CiitirutIr