Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-07-12
The Farm Hand Heard From.

1t is very seldom one picks up farm
paper without seeing an article giving
the farm hand a whack. That is right.
Keep on whacking. 1t makes him feel
better. He loves his employer so much
more when he reads these highly con-
centrated items, providing he gets time
to indulge in the luxury of reading.
Give him to understand the farm is the
proper place for farm hands; impress on
his mind that he should be very thank.
full that you are giving him 365 days
work in the year, and that his wages are
greater than your great-great-grand-
father used to get. Feed him on com
mon everyday grub" Sell all your
butter and use grease for the table; il
will increase your bank account. Take
all of your eggs to the market: they are
not good for farm hands to eat-they
injure the digestion. Expenses must be
kept down, rs you are thinking of buy
ing the adjoining half section and you
will need the money. Kill two or three
fat hogs in the fall and have hog three
times day. Fat hog is the stnff to
hang to hired mans ribs.
BE sure 10 have AN early rising hour in
the winter time for the hired man-S :3t
\. VI. at least. 1t will not be necessary
for you to get up before breakfast; about
six is the time for that meal. II the
farm hand cannot find enough work Ia
keep him employed before breakfast he
can cut and haul up load of wood. II
is good for him, makes him strong,
increases the appetite, and his love for
you is tenfold stronger.
Find fault with everything he does,
whether right or wrong; it does him
good; he will stay with you that much
longer. Always go round with long
and sour face. Eat as fast rs you can at
the table. If you talk to the farm hand
at all during meals tell him about some
article You have read relating to the
poor quality of farm hands at the pres
ent time. Take plenty of farm papers
six at least, one for every week day.
Make the farm hand do all the hard
work. Use walking plows, but if you
have a riding plow use that yourself
walking is good for the hired mans
legs. Send him out to cultivate corn
about four in the morning with good
fast team, and keep him at it until
about thirty minutes after sundown.
Probably you will have twelve cows for
him TO milk. and other work to keep
him going two hours after he leaves the
field.
When a new hand comes give him all
the hard work you can find for the first
few days; that is the way to break in
tender muscles. The farm haud likes
this treatment and will probably stay
with you.
Put the farm hand in the hottest bed
room in summer and the coldest in win
ter. Be sure to have hard bed; he
likes it; it makes him tough. These
things will help in keeping farm hands
from leaving you.
NeighborS are going to ask Congress
To revise the Chinese exclusion law.
That is the proper thing to do; we need
them. We could use the entire Chinese
empire, Till the farms full, make things
cheaper and take the independence out
of the American farm hand. Lower
farm products. Corn is too high, wheat
is way up. Farmers never made more
money than they are making now. II
you wish TO take four loads of grain TO
market for the same price you are get
ting for one now bring over the Chinese.
The American farm hand, who seems to
be great problem for some of our writ
ers at the present time, would in short
time be changed TO the incompetency of
Chinese labor.-Breeders Gazette.