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those, with which a losing tradesman turns from an 

 examination of his books. But, attend to it he must 

 before it be long; or, his fields, in the populous parts of 

 this Island at least, must lay waste, and his fuel must be 

 brought him from Virginia or from England. Sometime 

 before March next I shall publish an Essay on Fencing. 

 The form shall correspond with that of this work, in 

 order that it may be bound up with it, if that should be 

 thought desirable. The other subject is that of Gar- 

 dening. This I propose to treat of in a small distinct 

 rolume, under some appropriate title; and, in this 

 volume, to give alphabetically, a description of all the 

 plaiits, cultivated for the use of the table and also of 

 those cultivated as cattle food. To this description I 

 shall add an account of their properties, and instructions 

 for the cultivation of them in the best manner. It is 

 not my intention to go beyond what is aptly enough 

 called the Kitchen Garden ; but, as a. hot-bed may be of 

 such great use even to the farmer ; and as ample mate- 

 rials for making beds of this sort are always at his 

 command without any expense, I shall endeavour to 

 give plain directions for the making and managing of a 

 hot-bed. A bed of this sort,'fifteen feet long, has given 

 me, this year, the better part of an acre of fine cab- 

 bages to give to hogs in the parching month of July. 

 This is so very simple a matter ; it is so very easy to 

 learn ; that there is scarcely a farmer in America, Avho 

 would not put the thing iu practice, at once, without 

 complete success, 



163. Let not my countrymen, who may happen to 

 read this suppose, that these, or any other, pursuits 

 will withdraw my attention from, or slacken my zeal 



