WHISTLING FARM SERVANTS.

Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1077, 21 April 1882, Page 3

WHISTLING FARM SERVANTS.

» An old farmer once said he would not have a hired man on his farm who did not habitually -whistle. He always hired whistlers. Said he never knew a -whistling laborer to find fault with his food, his bed, or complain of any little extra work he was asked to perform. Such a man was generally kind to children and to Animals under his care. He would whistle a chilled land into warmth and life, and would bring in his hat full of eggs from the barn without breaking one of them. He found andh a man more careful about closing gates, putting up bars, and seeing that the nuts of his plough were all properly tightened before he took it into the field. He never knew a whistling hired man beat or kick a cow, or to drive her on the run* into the stable. He had noticed that sheep he fed in the yard or shed gathered around him, as he whistled without fear. He never employed a whistler who was not thoughtfull and economical