Population^ (s^c. in Penfylvania. 189 



front, and forty in depth. It is made very com- 

 pafl fo as to Ihut out the cold in winter, for 

 our farmers find that their horfes and cattle 

 when kept warm, do not require near as much 

 food, as when they are cxpofed to the cold. 

 He ufes oeconomy likewife in the confumption 

 of his wood. Hence, he keeps himfclf warm in 

 winter by means of ftoves, which fave an im- 

 menfe deal of labour to himfelf and his horfes, 

 in cutting and hauling wood in cold and wet 

 weather. His fences arc every where repaired 

 fo as to fecure his grain from his own and his 

 neighbour's cattle. But further j he increafes 

 the number of the articles of his cultivation ; 

 and inftead of raifing corn, wheat and rye alone, 

 he raifes oats, buck-wheat (the phagopyrum of 

 Linnseus) and fpelts. Near his houfe, he allots 

 an acre or two of ground for a garden, in which 

 he raifes a large quantity of cabbage and pota- 

 toes. His newly cleared fields afford hiin every 

 year a large increafe of turnips. Over the 

 fpring which fupplies him \^ith water, he builds 

 a milk-houfe. He likewife adds to the number, 

 and improves the quality of his fruit trees ; his 

 fons work by his fide all the year, and his wife 

 and daughters forfake the dairy and the fpinning- 

 wheel, to Ihare with him in the toils of harvefl. 

 The laft objed of his induftry is to build a 

 dwelling-houfe. This bufinefs is fometimes 

 cfFeded in the courfe of his Jife, but is oftener 



bequeathed 



