Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-14
no your Work Well.

Mr. Thomas p. MunGort, IL well known
writer of agricultural literature, Is al
,o,raa 70 give some ad vice to the farmer
renders of The GAZETTE this week. we
are not much on giving ADVICE ourseit'
but we'll occasionally permit DINERS 10
do something in that way "here the uu-
vice does not seem to DC eoup'eu WIN
abuse for supposed shortcomings auu
where there appears 10 pe soihe'h1nE Va
wholpsomeuess in the advice offered.
NJ Nunfort saws it doesn't pay the
farmer TO half do anything. The thought
- ar,ooeo,sd Inv noticing the way
thousands of persons in Texas and else
where conduct their farm operations.
On one farm we find man who goes
through everything with rush, merely
giving a touch here aud lick the e,
easminply intent solely on getting
tbrouuh as much work as possible IN the
ebortest time without any regard as 10
bo,v II is done or what the result may De.
| On another farm Is the man who runs III
| q r,,t He has learned one method or
doing things, and no matter now dlHer
emily science aud progress nave tausnt
| Others to do them, he holds 10 the o'u
WAYS and refuses to depart therelrotn.
| Some persons would call this man Il mack
fnrmer-one who follows IN the footsteps
! of his ancestors, and who never thlnks
for himself. The chances are That ne
does the most work and chooses the most
dificult WAYS of accomplishing his aims,
| with the least possible result. He works
1ike 81 slave but his work is wasted. IN
his old fash toned way he trles to COM
nete with men who move forward ana
who avail themselves of new ideas ana
new inventions. No matter what you
call him he is farmer on the wrong
truck. He can never be much or SUE
cess for the reason that his work Is not
well done, due TO his dehclency III
knowledge and his failure to adopt tue
improved methods common to the pres
eut age. He is simply farmer sadly
behind the times.
Mr.. Munfort says there are other far
mers who do not at all perform theii
work we'll. for various reasons. II may
mt he regarded as q constitutional weak
ness with them, but that's the way they
get through with it all the same.
Successful farming in this age require
forethoueht and management, ano thu
man who performs his whole duty ant
farms 10 the very best advantage mus
TN nix. He must get out of the ruts nnt
mar h forward in time with his fellow
farmers. He must not figure on plant
ing the greatest number Of acres posi-
HE but he must devote himself fnlth
rully TO a thorough cultivation OF what
ever amount of land he can safely an
| nroatably handle. He must not settl
down TO the cultivation OF one crop, yea
, after year, but he must alternate q
often us the condition of the markets q
. the state OF his soil demands
. The really progressive and conse
uuentiy prosperous farmer never uoe
: things by halves. He never attempts l
suread his labor over twice as man
D acres as he Is capable of cultivating
thus performing two the labor that
d necessary for the production of goo
crop. He does not rush blindly along
. following the same method, without eve
once stopping TO consider the propriety
it. He farms by q system He reasons
thinks and moves systematically. d
= works to q purpose. AMI accomplish
! the greatest results with the least was
, of time and efforts.
+, In word, continues Mr.. Munfort, II
i former who is not making his busine
pay is advised TO do little more sol
. thinking than he has been heretoto
u doing. There must be some good reasC
. for his want of success, since 1t Is we
known fact that there are plenty of We
a successful farmers. Thousands of far
,! people depend too much on muscle al
Il Drawn, and too little on the brain. III
: is an intellectual age, and the mind ca
- accomplish wonders where the muse
. fails. Thought, reason, observation al
u study are absolutely essential to succt
u in any calling, aud farmers must lea
these these things, for, unless they d
- they are but half performing th
J., duties.