Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-02-09
FARMS AND FARM WORK.
Always Use the Mind to Plan ~ Well ~
the Hand to Execute.

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o some one ask. BY no means. Rule
x must be adapted TO circumstance;
The kind Of farming, average capacit
of the farmer, amount Of capital, loca
re tion and other factors should be con
- sidered. As a rule, more acres can b
IS profitably employed in stock farming
than in grain farming; more in frui
d farming than in vegetable farming
y more in mixed farming than in special
ty farming; and so on. In the above
r cases there might be a great difference
In size, while the difference in value
would be much smaller. A safe rule
is this; Never invest more than two
e thirds OF your working capital in land.
J. The remaining third will be needed &c
: stock and cultivate it to the best adj
) vantage. In some special lines OF
farm work that might be slightly
varied. but | regard it as a good gen.
eral rule. 1t should be observed nc
matter whether your capital be small
! or large, and only varied to meet I'M
: usual conditions, By not adopting
this rule hundreds have failed after
. years OF toll and ~privation. Those
who wish to live and prosper by farm
ing can not be too often reminded OF
the danger OF spreading over toe large
an area. II is rare to hear Of the fail
ure Of a man on a small farm, but not
at all uncommon to hear OF failure on
a large or mOderate-sized one. have
known steady, Industrious and intelli-
gent men to utterly fail and losaeyery
dollar they possessed. by trying to
cultivate too much land. Had an equal
amount Of capital and the same energy
been expended upon a farm Of half or
one-third the size, | am confident the
result would have proved less disas-
trOus.
The second mistake is no less fatal
than the just mentioned. 1t is the
absence of any iudiciously chosen. well
thOught-out and faithfully-executed
plan, or policy Of management. Many
farmers have no settled policy what
ever in regard to the conduct Of their
business. How carefully the engineer
or architect plans and estimates his
work, be it the construction OF a bridge
or building. A successful farmer
must also practice this kind Of knowl-
edge in the whole laying out and gen.
eral management Of his farm. He
must be a farm architect. There Is
compensation to be derived from
our arctic winters with their short days
and long evenings. May We not re-
gard these evenings as wise provisions
II nature especially designed for him
Who has a farm and a good map of it.
What a grand opportunity TO make -,
plans and estimates for the coming g,
eason. A more interesting and profit :
be occupation could scarcely be .
7und. With an accurate map before =
how easy to study and contrive. .
plan the best rotation, TO make >
3i5, regarding some needed improve =
-s-- n short the mirutest details h
Tia work Of the farm can all he r
~ considered and the Importance ;,
III ,sL--- @: each part To the whole
aal,.T .=e- Then Is the time 10 de-
@- Implement
~. purchased or some p
~ ADOPTED.
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$500; .-5.- brain 20 vigorously or
ali ' -=ra1 from nervous pros
'lA-- Il these cases the thinker -
= i-= T--i@r are separate. They a.
-E-i % % cle ald the same. The 49,
ir-=; should miug.e more thought
u - T0cs. and the latter more =,
exercise with his thinking. ,-
2r1ers, Ike men in other profess -
.o-s, 1ay 'e divided into two classes, r,
-AHE DO too much work; Others do too ~
Vie \. present | refer only to the -
'Tme7 class mean those t~ireless ~
.oFaer' whose lives are all d~rudgery. -,
who are old when only middle. a.
ged, and worn out by excessive toll VI
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