ORDER AND NEATNESS. '^Si 



(litclies or work of that kind, iiutelligeiice comprehends' vv'hy a, certain thing 

 is to be doue in a certain way to accomplish a given re3ult; muscle compre- 

 hends nothing. Unless our plans are formed beforehand, aiad in a comprehen- 

 sive and definite manner, they are liable to become frustrated; and they are. 

 always liable to unless we can give to them a certain amount of personal 

 supervision. This is absolutely necessary. It matters not how well we have 

 made our arrangements, they will not be carried out unless we give direction- 

 and a certain amount of assistance with our own hands. 

 We may be greatly aided in the discovery of our errors iu management or 



arrangement 



BY VISITING OUR N^EIGHBORS OR FRIENDS 



in different parts of the State. There are none so negligent or so poor that 

 they cannot teach us something, in one way or another. Yet we think this 

 visiting difFicult. Few of us have time for such things. We ought to take 

 time. We should find ourselves repaid in more ways than one. There is too 

 much isolation among those who till the soil. Too much selfishness keeps us 

 away from each other. The eflForts now being made to bring us nearer to- 

 gether, socially, may be of great benefit if carried in the right direction. It is 

 the grinding together of humanity that rouses to action and breaks up old 

 habits arising from ignorance, prejudice, and seclusion. It is this coming to- 

 gether for social intercourse that will teach us what methods of culture are 

 most profitable, what arrangement of buildings is most economical and best 

 adapted to certain jiurposes. It will teach us where to buy our trees, our 

 machinery, and many olher facts, the ignorance of which makes men liable to 

 be imposed upon. 



Perhaps all this has little connection with my subject; and yet it has a 

 certain connection, for everything that mak«js the tiller of the soil more social 

 and better informed contributes directly 



TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF HIS TASTE 



in the care of his tools and management of his farm, orchards and gardens. 

 Observing our orderly and economical neighbor's nice arrangement for storing 

 his improved implements, and the pains he takes to dispose of rubbish that 

 accumulates, will cause us to look about in the corners of our fences and out- 

 of-the-way places and see if we are proud to have our premises inspected by our 

 more thrifty associates. Perhaps it will lead us to think of the doubtful econ- 

 omy and actual untidiness of leaving everything where it was last used. I 

 will venture the assertion that exposure destroys more tools than use does. 

 However, this practice of careless exposure is becoming less common as we 

 have better and more expensive implements than formerly. The manufactur- 

 ers are joutting it within our power to procure tools, the symmetry and finish 

 of which cannot be excelled. All are adapted to the progressive times in which 

 we live ; and these times are progressive. Men are inquiring what are the 

 most profitable and successful methods of doing all kinds of w^ork ; what are 

 the best breeds of stock ; what are the best varieties of fruit. These and many 

 similar subjects are being investigated, not witliout benefit to all engaged in 

 agricultural and horticultural pursuits. 

 We also see an 



