Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-05
So lt goes, and SO t is,


 So lt goes, and SO it is, s te-- ,3 These are only two chance iIlustra- tions of rather common sort of pro- ceeding.
 The weather is fine one day and learn that it may not be just the same tomorrow. Instead of watching the sun and taking advantage of its shining, they assume that it will shine when they want it t@ There's anoth- CT day coming" is their frequent re- mark.
 So there is-another day, which may be as good as the present and may just as likely be a drizzle or 8 snow. storm.
 So far as my experience and obser- Vation go, they lead me to think that the thriftiest farmers about me are those who use the good weather. when they have it to their fullest capacity and don't take chances on any tomor-- rows or next weeks.
 They keep ahead of the weather, rather than wait on 1t.
 Of course, this may seem to be a minor matter. In a sense it is. But after all, there are no really minor matters in the combination which makes for success. A chain. is no stronger lnan LIS WeaheSCs llnk NO method of farming is any more effec- tive than its least efficient detail. There's no room in our business for any happy go-lucky''i ways. We are really slaves of the. weather. We must take it as it comes. We must use it when it is good and dodge it when 1t Is bad-if we can We can't control it We can't safely trust it. What 1t permits us to do we must do, while the permission Is in opera ton. There's no guarantee of any tomorrow in the field. What r do today I'm sure of What I may or may not be able | odo tomorrow is an- other proposition.
 When the old darI<ey's root leaked in the rain he was asked why. he didn't patch 1t. wy LOT bless you. Massa, I can't patch no roof while it's rain ing this-a-way, 5 was his reply Next that roof" he was told. Wy. honey, whats de use?" was the response; it ant leal1in' none, now"
 As g matter of theory, we all of us know that the weather is uncertain and that we are more or less depend- ent on 1t. but as matter of fact and of practice, too many of us are like that old darkey. When the day is stormy, of ceures, we can't work. When it is fair, then we think that the work can safely be left till 'tto- morrow" next week. "some other time"
 It is to be taken for granted that men are differently constituted. Some are born, apparently, with a sense of thrift, and some with a tendency to- wards recklessnes. In the old Greek myth, Prometheus was always looking ahead, while brother Epimetheus was always looking behind him. They both seem to have a lot of descecnd- ants. Perhaps it may not be possi- ble- for any man wholly to change an inherited disposition. But it is possi- l5le in some degree to reform bad one.
 And certainly the habit of putting off till tomorrow what can be done today is 8 bad habit in farming as well as in everything else In fact, it costs more to farmers in delays and losses than to any other class. don'e claim that, # every poor farm er on every poor farm should prompt ly give over all procrastination and do all hls work ahead of time rather than behind it or even just on it--I don't presume to prophecy that he would at once become rich.
 But I do believe that he'd be apt to have more corn in his bins sand more
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