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either stand on a raised terrace of turf, which, if it is a fine 

 mansion, may have a handsome terrace wall, or if a cottage, 

 a pretty rustic or trellis fence, to separate it from the park. 

 Directly around the house, and stretching on one or more 

 sides, in the rear, lie the more highly dressed portions of 

 the scene, which may be a flower-garden and shrubbery 

 set in a small bit of lawn kept as short as velvet - - or may 

 be pleasure grounds, fruit, and kitchen-gardens, so multi- 

 plied as to equal the largest necessities of the place and 

 family. All that is to be borne in mind is, that the park 

 may be as large as you can afford to purchase - - for it may 

 be kept up at a profit - - while the pleasure grounds and 

 garden scenery, may, with this management, be compressed 

 into the smallest space actually deemed necessary to the 

 place, thereby lessening labor and bestowing that labor in 

 a concentrated space, where it will tell. 



The practical details of keeping the stock upon such a 

 place, are familiar to almost every farmer. Of course in 

 a country place only comely animals would be kept, and a 

 preference would be given to breeds of fine stock that "take 

 on flesh" readily, and command the best price in the market. 

 In cases where an interest is taken in breeding cattle pro- 

 vision must be made in the shape of hay and shelter for the 

 whole year round; but we imagine the most profitable, as 

 well as least troublesome mode, to the majority of gentle- 

 men proprietors would be to buy the suitable stock in the 

 spring, put it in good condition, and sell it again in the 

 autumn. The sheep would also require to be folded at 

 night to prevent the flocks from being ravaged by dogs. 



With this kind of arrangement and management of a 

 country place the owner would be in a position to reap the 

 greatest enjoyment with the least possible care. To coun- 

 try gentlemen ignorant of farming, such an extent of park, 

 with its drives and walks, along with its simplicity of man- 

 agement, would be a relief from a multitude of embarrassing 

 details; while to those who have tried, to their cost, the 

 expenses of keeping a large place in high order, it would be 

 an equal relief to the debtor side of the cash account. 



