Physiological Farming

Michael Sullivant, owns, an has paíd 'or, one huudred thousand teres of labd, near Homer, Illinois. He keep a large amoutit of money always on baud, to pay lis workmen at the end of every week. - Thay take their breakfast at half past ïve in the morning a;,d iide to the place of work. They ditie at noon, their dinners beiug brought to them. Thev quit work at sun-down, and ride home. In this short narratiou, there is a knowledgo of physiology, of body and mind, wbich is highly creditable to the Napoleon of farmers. The land having been paid for, saves an immense amount of uphill, dragging work. To have to pay out any considerable part of farm earniugs for eating interest, even at six per cent. and every once in a while an installment of the purchase money, instead of being ablo to expeud these in substantial improvements, in the purchase of fertilizers and labor saving machines, such as McCormick's rcaper, the grain-sower and the steam plow, make the cultivation of the soil, in innumerable cases, a literal galley-lifo. By this same course, raany an honest, industrious, and ambitions farmer has worked himself to death, before he livod out half his days. To "farm" pleasantly and successfully, not only must the land be paid for, but a liberal amount of money should be en hand to meet emergencies, and pay the laborera always, promptly, in full, at the hour, and to the last cent in money. - Such a course will always secure the best hands, at the lowest prices ; and more, it keeps the men ; thus avoiding unprofitable and troublesome changos ; and if unavoidable circumstances compol them to leave, they leave with a kindly feeling, and will not fail to recomineud others to fill their places ; henee, such a farmer is everywhere well spoken of, at all times haa his piek and choice of hands, and more, he will get more work out of his men : for knowing that their pay is always in full, and at the hour, they have the strongest stimulus to make an eft'ort to retain their places, and to do their work well; and by doing it cheerfully, they perform more work in a giveu time. They take their breakfast early ra tha morning before they go to their work, thus preventingtho inevitable exhaustion which result-s frora working se feral hours on an empty stornaoh ; and besides, largely con tributing to the prevontion of fever and ague, by fortifying the stomaeh against the inoruing miasma, which always abounds in flat and fertile countries, eausing iunuraerablo cases of chills, fevers, diarrhooas and dysenteries. Auother little item merits attention, The workmen are not allowed to waste their early strength by walking a mile or more to their place of labor ; ineaus aro provided for riding thcre, so as to euable thsin to commenee the day's work with the full stock of strength securcd by the rest of niglit. - Tliis same husbanding of the energics against useless waste is looked to in having tlieir dinners carried to the workmen; and then, when quiet enough woaried b}' the legitímate labors of the day, they ride home so as to prevent that exhaustion, that over-fatiguc, whieh the walk of a inile or two or threo, would otherwise occasion, and which would have to be subtracted from the strength of the noxt day. Por let us all remember, that the 1 over-work of to-day is but a draft on tomorrow, which " must be paid," Infallibly, and to the utmost farthing. It is pitiful to think of unrequited toil; of unavaling labor, of squandercd strongth ; of wasting-weiiring care, and of the unsuccessful lives, which every year witnesses, by the unwisdom of men in owning more land than they have paid for.or can thoroughly and casily cultívate. In any given case, a man who has paid for Lis ten acre farm, and alvvays has money enough on hand, without owing a dollar, to pay his workmen, and to take advantage of passing circumstances, will live longer, more happily, more usefully and 8uccessfully, tb au his neighbor, who works harder by many-fold in cultivating ten timrs the amount of land, yet unpaid for, who is ahvays " bnhind hand" with his laborera and pressed for money.