St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-08-27
FARMERA PLANTER.
WHAT ToDo IN HOT WEATHER


I have heard great many Iarmer
friends rcmarl that there is nothing to
do during the hot weather, 50 we Will
70 fishing or squirrel hunting or DO
something else that is nothing IN the
end. This is o mistake, pure and sim-
pie. There's always something to DO
on the farm il the proprietor thereof
would attain success No season OF the
year should find the prog ressive farmer
idle. Winter should find him in the
woods, clearing. II he has any land TO
clear, or attending to his feeding cat
tie, etc, while summer sees him In the
midst OF numerous periods OF hard
work-harvcsting, threshing, haying
and plowing, and then sowing IN the
fall. So it goes; always something to
do-if he will but do it. Heres the
rub. 1t never gets too hot for man
to work in this country; it never gets
too cold here for . plucky farmer TO
get in some telling lickA Every tilier
of the soil must needs be an enthu-
siast on the subject OF farming; he
must like that particular vocation
more than lie does any other; must
have more interest in it than In any
thing else. In short, he must be
sort OF q maniac, a s'crank," as the
mossbacks call an up-to-date farmer
and ought to be continually planning,
devising, experimenting and observ-
| iug-always At work for his own in
terests. All the men I know ct, this
type, have good bank accounts, and
| many OF them started without red
cent. This simply shows what brains
will do; muscle may not do so much
| it can not More brains. more fore
sight and better Judgment are needed
| to make our worn-out and neglected
| farms bloom rs red rose. They will
do It; lis in them. The farmer must
dig deep down and lift up the richness
| of the earth. 1t is tor him. Why not
get it?
Just now the war question 10 ngitat-
ing the minds of the people. all classeA
| The successful farmer reads the news
once or twice week, 50 uetimcs not
so often. and does his work, losing nc
time with false war reports. like
patriotism and patriotic people, but,
farmer friends, we who are engaged in
the production of crops have work tc
do which we must attend, s.though chs
heavens take tumble" Every min
ute is valuable; put it in by doing
something on your farm Every LITTLE
helps. Hot weather Is here, and while
we who labor out in the sun will per
spire freely, we will reap rich reward
in due season. Fence corners to cut
weeds in the pastures should be Gu
with the mower; q thousand and on
things to do. Do them True it /
that the teams can't endure the ez
treme heat while at work, but take
easy and don't rush-simply keep o.
doing it.. This will count more in
month than dozen swift gushes- ID
steady, cool and thoughtful. Dom
overdo thing which were better M
derdone il done at all.
The same thing we can do in COO
pleasant weather can and ought to b
lone in hot weather-work, hard wor
and easy work are 10 be found ut a
times ON the farm. But it is not diff
cult to make hard work easy. In fac
it is the way we do thing that detel
mines the case or difficulty will, whic
it is done. be slick. Quinine is har
TO take as powder. but put it in cal
sules and it goes home at once, an
with ease. This is slick work. Don
! let the work go roagh; see 70 it that
be done smoothly.
{ No excuse on earth for being idle
{ single day on thv farm. Then VII
{ spend 30 many days thus engsged3
{ you have big farm and are out
{ debt, you may lie able to sit under th
s shade aud watch the birds 1y. Bu
|. If your acres are burdened with
& mortgage. You had better get down
{ business and get the kinks out of yor
Il back. A mortgage ON . farm hang
: tenaciously and il not easily cast on
/. Dewitt G. Wing. in Economist.