St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-08-07
FARMER ANDPLANTER.
fHOROUGHNESS.

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Whatever 10 Worth Doing st / II II Worth
Doing Well, rarticularly ON the Farm.
"Whatever is worth doing at all. il
worth doing WE'LL" Is an old maxim
which has much good sense In it; but
the measure of its we'll doing has be-
come somewhat indefinite, as what
was considered well done, only few
years ago, would not now be rated -
| first-clasG
There has been SO much improve
ment in the methods of doing almost
every kind of work, that to do q thing
well, now means that it should be done
by the best known method. The re-
suit will now be different from what
was done with the same care but few
years ago. No other industry has Inn
proved more in the last score of years,
in its methods of applying labor, than
the industries more or less closely con-
nected with agricultural products
The labor now bestowed on the farm
In its various forms is much more
abundantly rewarded than in the days
Of our fathers.
Everything raised on farm can now
be produced Ut much less cost Of ID
Dor than formerly. and, therefore,
is usually produced in a greater abun-
dance where there is demand for it
for consumption.
The successful farmer must now be
wide-awake and up to the times, con-
sidering well what is in demand, and
what can be raised with profit Sue
cessful crops have always been raised
by good farmers when diligent and care
full. and very many Of them have pros
pered and grown weslthy as . reward
Of their diligence and care. but the
same methods would not necessarily
now produce the same desirable re-
suits
In this progressive age every busi-
ness in which men are engaged for
gain or for comfort ON account OF
sharp competition and improved meth
DDS Of applying labor. must be con-
Quoted with the greatest possible care
and economy of labor, il it il to be re-
munerative.
From this necessity the farmer is NO
exception. Indeed, no business now
requires more care and economy in its
management, if it is to be . money
making business, than farming.
Thoughtful men have come to know
that the earth and her gifts are the
primitive source and foundation of all
of our wealth, and many Of our other
comforts and enjoyments. 1t is true
that we do not receive what we call
wealth from the earth or the farm Is .
finished product Yet the substantial
material upon which subsequent labor
and skill are bestowed, to give it tho
form or the quality which renders it
valuable and useful to US, is the gift of
the earth in some form or other.
Much of it comes to us in the form Of
agricultural products, and is the re-
ward Of the labor Of the husbandman,
and can come through no other chan
mel
Landed property must therefore ever
be one of the most certain and con-
slant sources of wealth to the country.
However much trades and commerce
may change. tho lands and the farms
must continually yield their increase
from year to year, or the people can
not live and prosper. This desirable
class Of property must always have .
permanent value. A value always in
proportion to its ability to administer
to the ever-enduring wants Of the peo-
pie.
Upon the men who have possession or
control of the lands Of this country
must rest the responsibility Of its fu-
ture wealth or poverty. This is m in
heritance that dare not be squandered
without bringing the punishment for
double crime; the crime of wasting the
blessing we have received for ourselves
and the far greater crime Of destroying
what was committed to our care, 20
that it can not yield to our increased
posterity the fruits which should in
justice belong to them.
We are accustomed to say in memory
Of . good man when he has departed,
that the world, the community in
which he lived, was made better be-
cause Of his life, and this should be .
tribute to every man who has had the
blessing of life, otherwise he has not
been that he should have been, nor has
he done his duty Is . man.
Some such testimony although of
less importance, should be given Of
every farmer, and must be il he has
done his duty as farmer; the farm up
on which he has lived should be better
for his having lived upon it. No
man does his duty who does not
have respect to the good Of others, and
no farmer does his duty who does not
continually improve his farm. This is
asking the farmer to act on high moral
ground; but it will be much to his own
benefit to do 50. BY studying his farm
and his crops, and by proper rotation
and proper use Of all his products and
waste material, n he is accustomed to
call much that he never uses to any
purpose, this all can be accomplished.
and greatly to his own benefit But
this requires thoughtful care and dill
gence. Abundant production and high
prices in the markets have begotten
carelessness and extravagance among
Ill the people. To correct these, which
II persisted in by our substantial farm
ers, would soon work destruction to the
whole nation. their attention for their
own safety il now called to careful
farming and economy, which win in
the end. be , blessing instead Of . mis-
fortune.-Farm News
THE WEED CROP.
49, - AAn aur> R.H.p>a ~ Na~,s~e.N
Cult1vae3oo.
Negligent cultivation returns to the
defaultlng farmer : high per cent Of