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them* ft must also be remembered, that virtue, indus- 

 try, economy, and a well informed mind, constitute the 

 basis of their wealth, strength, or influence, and re- 

 spectability ; and that the want of any one, or all of 

 these virtues, will subject them to the cunning, in- 

 trigue, arts and duplicity of such ambitious specula- 

 tors of the community, as are more knowing ; such 

 as infest all communities, and feed on the labours, 

 and depend on the virtues of others, to maintain and 

 support the interest and tranquility of a State, which 

 their own pride, indolence and vices would otherwise 

 ijttta and destroy. 



varmers, let me repeat again, you are the lords of 

 the soil and the pillars of the State, spare no pains 

 to give to your minds that expansion, which alone can 

 be derived from an enlarged education, that you may 

 become the guardians of the State ; that the liberties 

 of your fathers may be preserved inviolable, and 

 transmitted down to your children to the latest ge- 

 neration. 



In the course of the successive months, I have en- 

 deavoured to place before the farmer the most valua- 

 ble and useful crops, with the best practical modes of 

 improving those crops, with a general reference to 

 their use at this season of the year, both in feeding 

 and improving stock. 



It has now become your care to convert to the best 

 use and profit, every article that will promote the 

 growth, and better the condition of your horses, cat- 

 tle, sheep and cows. Give out alTsuch coarse fod- 

 der as you design for feeding, before this month is 

 out; when the spring opens, it will become useless 

 excepting for litter, and to this use, all should be ap- 

 plied, that can possibly be spared. Every load of 

 manure you can possibly make, becomes better to 

 you than so much value of cash in the bank ; because 

 the next crops will pay you a much greater interest, 

 and the increased value of your lands, by the means 

 of this manure, will render this better than compound 

 interest. Here let me repeat again, apply every dry 



