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place together the implements required on a farm, remarking that the 

 statement will be for one team and one man, unless the contrary is 

 stated. The prices are affixed, but this can only be considered an ap- 

 proximation, as prices vary much with the kind and quality of the 

 implement: 



1 Plow for laying flat furrows, $12 00 



1 Plow for lapping furrows, 12 00 



1 Subsoil plow, 12 00 for the farm. 



1 Cultivator, 5 00 " 



1 Drill barrow, 8 00 " 



1 Roller, 5 00 " 



1 Hand hoe — steel plate, 75 



1 Farm wagon with hay rack, &c 100 00 " 



1 One horse cart, wdth racks, &c 50 00 " 



1 Set farm harness for horses, 30 00 " 



1 Chaff or straw-cutter, 30 00 " 



1 Shovel and one spade, 3 00 



1 Dung fork and 1 hay fork — both steel, 2 00 



1 Double harrow, 10 00 



1 Grain cradle, 4 00 



1 Scythe and snathe, 2 00 



1 Fanning mill, 20 00 for the farm. 



1 Hand cart or wheel-barrow, from $3 to 10 00 " 



1 Mott's furnace and fixtures, 50 00 " 



We have not included a threshing machine, as it is doubtless better 

 to empley an ambulatory or moveable one, where they can be had, 

 than to incur the expense of purchase, fixtures, &c., on an ordinary 

 farm. There will also be a multitude of minor articles to be used 

 about the farm, house, barn, stables, &c., the whole of which can- 

 not be estimated at a less expense than one hundred dollars- The 

 expenses, therefore, of implements on a farm of 100 acres, including 

 only the most common and indispensable ones, will not fall short of 

 $500; and they may easily be made to exceed a much larger sum 

 than this. 



Manures have already been spoken of incidentally, but tliey are 

 too important a part of farm management to be passed over lightly. 

 The necessity of attention to manuring, is founded on prin- 

 ciples too plain to require extended elucidation. There is 

 no soil, however fertile, which contains more than a given quantity 

 of vegetable or animal matter in a decayed state. The pure earths 

 will not support vegetable life, and every plant grown in a soil, makes 

 a greater or less draft on the organic matters in the earth. The con- 



