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cafy accefs. A granary is conftru<5ted in one of the lofts adjoin- 

 ing the barn ; and the cattle- man has the only dwelling houfe in 

 the yard. All the dwellings of the reft of the farm fervants are 

 at fome dift.uice, to leiTen the danger of fire. 



In fumnier and puiumn, the work horfts are kept, upon cut 

 green food, in the four divifjons of the fold-yard. 



Another neighbour of mine is getting a new fet of offices, in 

 which each pair of work horfes, and each pair of feeding oxen, 

 are to have an- open flied and fold-yard ; allowing them, at all 

 times, to be either in the air, or under cover, at their pleifure. 



The only other topic which occurs to me, as worth troubling 

 you about, is the proper diftribution of farm labolir throughout 

 the year, (o that at all times your men and horfes flrill be fully 

 and profitably employed, fl^dl never be idle, and fliall never be 

 hurried. This, you will readily obferve, is of infinite import- 

 ance with regard to economy, as idle horfes mud be fed, and 

 idle men mull draw their wages. 



Suppofe harveit and the wheat feed finifhed, the next opera- 

 tion is, to plough the land which is to be fallow, or to carry 

 beans, peas, or tare?, next year. This continues during the 

 'whole latter part of autumn, and throughout the winter, in its 

 intervals of open weather, provided always that the land is not 

 wet ; for it fliould be an invariable rule, on your land, never to 

 plough it when wet. When weather forbids ploughing, manure 

 is to be collected, or led out to the neighbourhood of where it 

 is afterwards to be laid upon the land. 



In early fpring, the ploughing, drilling, and harrov/ing of the 

 bean and tare land, next occupies the ftrength of the farm. 

 After that, the oat crop, and then follows the barley land. 

 When thefe are completed, the various operations of the fallov/ 

 procefs, the horfe^^oeings to the drilled crops, leading home 

 hay, and then corn, fili up the months of fummer and harveit. 

 Laying manure upon the fallow land, giving it the feed furrow, 

 and harrowing in the wheat, fill up the remainder of the feafon. 

 Bringing home fuel, carrying out grain to market, and, if there 

 is a thralhing machine, thralhing out the crop, are jobs that oc- 

 cur at intervals, and which are to be performed when more im- 

 mediate operations are not prefTing, and when weather does not 

 allow to plough and harrow. Vale. R. r. r. 



NOTE BY THE CONDUCTOR. 



Thefe Stri6:ures being now brought to a conclufion, it re- 

 mains an incumbent duty upon us to return our fincere and 



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