100 On Cottage Economy and Cookery, 



the back of the fire, where they will soon heat, and form a useful 

 saving; of coals and wood. 



The foregoing instructions are, however, chiefly addressed to 

 the housewife ; for if it be the husband's business to bring home 

 money, it is hers to see that none of his earnings go foolishly out 

 of it. To attach a man to his home it is necessary that home 

 should have attractions ; and if his wife is a slattern, everything 

 will go wrong ; but if she be industrious, thrifty, and good-tem- 

 pered, cleanly in her person and her cottage, all will then go 

 right. She will forego tea and gossip ; she will put everything in 

 the neatest order ; her little fire trimmed and her hearth swept 

 up for the reception of her husband on his return from labour. 

 Whatever may have been her cares during the day, she will meet 

 him with the smile of welcome ; the family-meal will close the 

 night in social enjoyment, and he will find as cheerful and as 

 happy a home as if he were the lord of the manor. 



'X.—On the Present State of Agricultural Mechanics, and on 

 the Improvement of u'hich the varioiis Implements now in use 

 may he suscejrtihle. By John Morton, Jun. Prize Essay. 



It is one of the most satisfactory marks of the late revival of 

 agriculture in England, that it has caused inquiries, not only into 

 what formerly excited the greater interest, the breed and manage- 

 ment of live stock, but also into every branch of arable farming. 

 It is intended in the following essay on agricultural mechanics — 

 one of the most important of these branches — to describe each 

 implement in succession under separate heads, according to the 

 orcler in which they are made use of in cultivation. 



It is difficult to conceive what causes can have combined to 

 produce the strange variety existing in the construction of imple- 

 ments. Differences in the practice of various districts, handed 

 down from time immemorial, have probably been accompanied by 

 differences in the form of the agricultural machines used. 

 Differences in the soil also of various districts must have had 

 some influence in causing this variety. It will be attempted in 

 the sequel to show how far variations in the form of several im- 

 plements are required by variations in the nature of the land they 

 are required to work ; at present it is sufficient to observe that the 

 immense variety now existing is certainly unnecessary, and only 

 shows our want of acquaintance with the correct principles of their 

 construction. 



Implements may be divided into four classes, following the 

 order of succession in which they are used on the farm : — 



