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and simple in their arcliitectnre, should be surrounded by 

 grounds laid out in the neatest and most attractive manner. 

 A cultivated taste may make the home of the peasant more 

 attractive than that of his more wealthy neighbor, who does 

 not possess it. 



A convenient cottage farm house, surrounded by taste- 

 fully arranged grounds, and only adorned with those simple 

 rural attractions which nature cheaply provides for all classes 

 who have a place to cultivate them, may be a better home in 

 which to enjoy life, than the most artistically wrought pal- 

 ace without such surroundings. 



MANUFACTUKES. 



A knowledge of natural laws is necessary also in conduct- 

 ing the manufactures of the farm. In the dairy department, 

 especially, there is much to be learned and many problems 

 to be wrought out. The most skillful have not attained that 

 systematic perfection in all its details that has been acquired 

 in most other departments of industry. 



SELECTION OF STOCK. 



In the possession and care of domestic animals we have 

 need of a wide range of knowledge of these laws. Much 

 depends upon their proper selection and adaptation to the 

 purposes for which they are kept. The successful farmer 

 must have a clear conception of the objects to be attained, 

 and of the peculiar natural excellencies which best adapt 

 each animal to its purpose. 



BBEEDING. 



In the breeding of stock this critical discernment of nat 



