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Show THE PROBLEM OF HIRED HELP I have round as I have traveled about the country In the Interest of the dairy business, that many dairymen dairy-men complaLn bitterly about tho trouble trou-ble they havo In hiring and keeping good, reliable help. Ono man said, "They take no Interest In my business, busi-ness, tlon't care whether they accomplish ac-complish anything or not, and slip ofr to town the minute they havo a chance." Than I have talked with many of the young men who have been hired help on dairy farms. They don't like It, that Is most of them don't. They say the hours aro too long, the work I too hard and disagreeable. As one young man said, "This working tho and nround a great big stinking old ! style barn full or cows with none of j the up to date contorts In it, Is :awrul drudgery. H you don't dollove it. try it once. Clean out tho stablo I by wheeling manure for two hours at i a time, part of tho time going up a steep grado to get it on the plle.and ' maybe tho plank Is wet and sllppory. Then arter that, Its all got to be pitched on tho wagon. ' "H anybody can get any fun out of that, ho can do better than I can." Now I think much of this trouble can bo cured by the dairyman himself. him-self. I don't wonder that tho help dislike such work. I know how It is. I havo been there myself. If the farmer will have his barn ritted out with all tho modern equipments, havo it will ventilated and lighten, it will ' pay him immensely. ! I have taken considerable pains to I Investigate this subject, talking with both tho rarmers and tho hired men and also those who had been hired help on dairy farms and had quit the job. Tho thing that tho hired men dls-illko dls-illko the most Is tho cleaning out of the cow stables and handling tho manure. If a hired man hates his Job, jhe will hato his employer and his employer em-ployer will hato him. When thero Is 'such a reeling on both sides you can j bo sure that tho hired man Is not going go-ing to do tho best ho can for tho interest in-terest of his employer. I have spent of late considerable time Investigating this hired help problem on dairy farms, talking with both dairymen and tho hired man, Every hired man I havo talked with says tho same thing. "I hato this manure ma-nure business." Hut where they havo little carriers, feed carriers or trucks, tho hired men feel much better satisfied, satis-fied, provided thoy are used in all other respects ns men ought to bo used. Only yesterday I visited a farm whore tho barn was fitted out last fall with little carriers and track with a swinging crano outsldo. I happened to bo thero Just as tho hired man commenced to clean out tho stabln. Ho said, "This Is something someth-ing like it. Oh! how I used to hato the old wheelbarrow way. Now I can do It In half time, nnd It Is so much easier work; let down tho tub closo to tho rioor, don't havo to lift tho ma-nuro ma-nuro hut a llttlo way nnd movo tho tub right along so It Is handy and easily filled, then away it goe and is dumped into tho wagon. I have dono It in half tho tlmo I used to tako, and besides it Is in tho wagon. Then I hitch on tho horses and haul it to the field nnd bring back the wagon, set It in place and it Is ready to befllled the next morning. We havo just one load each day. The horses can stand In their stals till the stable is cleaned out. Thero Is just one more thing we want ror this manure business," he said with emphasis, "and that it a manuro spreader." And do you know I bclievo that Tarmors will got a manure ma-nure spreader, lr Tor no other reason than because the hired man wants It. This farmer has learned that it pays to have a hired man that Is interested in-terested and will use his brains as well as his muscles. He should be treated as n partner In the business, and If thero is any manhood about him ho will stay and be a good partner. part-ner. I have dwelt to quit an extent on this little carrierquestlon because I really think It will do more good toward to-ward solving this hired help problem than any other ono thing. Thero nro other things that will do a great deal, also. A feod carrier or truck to convey silage or ground reed to tho cows Is a long way ahead of carrying car-rying It a basketful at a time, and it is much easier. This will pay the farmer because it saves time which Is money, and besides It will please the hired man, which last fact will pay the farmer every time. C. P Goodrich. |