The Colfax chronicle., 1904-08-13
FARMER AND PLANTER.
rHE THINKER The WINNER.
yhe Man who Devises Labor saving
Appliances In Not Necessarily
a Lasy Man.

.ng field for corn. The ground was
very rough He had three horses
hitched to the harrow, and smallslog
weighing about hundred pounds tied
On top of it. and he was walking. 1t re-
minded me of the happy days OF yore,
when used to do the same thing,
trudging back and forth across the
field until every bone and muscle ached
like bad corns. 1t also reminded me OF
certain occasion when | was a hired
man. The farmer l was working Tor
was q first-rate fellow, but he had an
exalted opinion of his own plethods,
and took suggestions from others
whom he considered his interiors with
very bad grace One day ] was har-
rowing, like the boy mentioned, with
small log fastened on the harrow to.
make it take hold" better. AS was
obliged to lift the harrow up once or
twice every round to clear out the
trash, it occurred to me that it would
be a good idea to throw off the log,
lay on a short board, and ride. This
would not only save leg-muscle, but
also back muscle in lifting the harrow
to clean the teeth. rendered the sug-
gestion in modest way, and was told
that # | was too lazy to walk mule
l would be purchased to carry me. An
other of his methods was to throw the
manure cut of the stable every morn
ing during the week. and on Saturday
afternoon load 1t onto an old sled, draw
it direct to the field and spread it. l
suggested that it would save time and
considerable labor to leave the manure
|. In the stable all the week instead OF
throwing it out to be scratched about
by the hens, and on Saturday draw the
sleS close to the door, and throw 1t di-
rectly upon the sled. He said he
thought must certainly lilo awake at
nights contriying plans and methods
for avoiding work About a week
later IN uncle of his dropped in just at
noon. He lived about thirty miles dis
tant, and farmed seven hundred acres
Of land and his opinion in matters
agricultural was considered in that
household as equal to gold. After put
ting up his horse, came in, and was
introduced as "natural-born genius
| for avoiding labor" Then my en-
ployer related the harrow and stable
Incidents. After the laughing was over,
the uncle dryly remarked. IF ! had a
man IN my farm who would weight a
| harrow with log and walk after it
I'd have him examined for lunscy, and
| II one of my men should move the
| manure out of the stables to any other
| place than right onto the field where |
want it he would get his discharge be-
fore light. Don't you know, Jim. that
| one rain-storm will wash out third
| of the yaluc of stable manure? If 1t is
in the yard, that third is wasted; II 1t
| is on the land, that third goes into the
SOIL" After that my genius for avoid
ing work" was never referred to.
once heard lady speaker at a
farmers institute tell how her mother
gave her a little object-;esson that
lasted--one that had helped her
through many difficulty. She was a
very busy woman, and that day was
making pies for the threshers expected
the next day. Mary" she cried, "gc
into the pantry, and get me the CHINA
mon-can OF the third shelf" Little
Mary went into the pantry, and found
that the third shelf was just beyond
her reach. She came out, and said she
couldn't reach it. Her mother wrapped
her hand in towel. grasped chail
that stood just Outside the pantry, sci
it close to the shelf, then turned, and
giving Mary little spat, she said:
Now, Ounce, get me that cinnamon!'
Mary said she otter afterward won.
dered why she never thought of the
chair when she found she could mo-
reach the shelf. After that lesson she
said she had done hundreds OF thing!
that would balk nineteen out of ever,
twenty women. Whenever she fount
that any one way of accomplishing
certain object was impracticable, sh'
Immediately set her wits to work t.
discover some other plan, and rarel,
had she failed. II anything connected
with her cooking went wrong. she a
once set about finding the cause ant
remeSying the evil Where mos
women sit down and cry over wha
they term their bad luck" said she, :"
roll Up my sleeves and seek out tn
cause and a remedy. And do not con
slider myself one atom smarter thai
thousands of other women. max
mistakes--lots of them-but try t
| never make the same one twice. On
Of the greatest steps to success is t
do things II you can not do them on
way, do them another, and You ar
bound to VIM"
One of tho principal hindrances .
success, find, is the desire to avoi
: respoasibility-the desire to let som
, one else solve the problems of manage
) ment. II is much easier to follow tn
, lead, or be guided by some one else an
) do as directed, than to think and pla
J and manage for ones SELF We have
) thousand men and women laboreSs I
r one thinkcr-to one who can success
I fully plan and manage. The man VII
: thinks for himself will not remain
e mere laborer very long. We see hiI
r step forth and resolutely srapple wit
the problems of management, anc !
q short time be is the owner OF fa-;
:, or business of his own, and has ths