g52 A6RIGULTURAX ESSAYS*. 



which should be corrected. To remedy this defect, and render 

 their living both pleasant and cheap, it is recommended to every 

 farmer, who has not already done it, to select a piece of ground 

 liear his house, from half an acre to an acre, to inclose it with 

 a permanent fence,and to break and manure it sufficientfy, and 

 plant and sow it with all the variety of culinary vegetables 

 camraon to our country. Any family that, will adopt this 

 method and follow it for several years, will think it strange 

 indeed that they had neglected this important branch of rural 

 economy so long. 



There is an advantage to be derived from gardening, which» 

 the farmer may extend to his field husbandry. It will give 

 him an opportunity oftrying various experiments upon a smali 

 scale, with respect to the different effect of the various kinds 

 of manure, and the best manner of applying it, as also many 

 others with respect to the culture of different plants which he 

 would not be willing to hazard, or it might not be so conven- 

 ient for him to do it in a course of field husbandry. 



The husbandman is not advised to sacrifice the advantage- 

 of his farm, to the ornaments or the pleasures of a garden ; his 

 gram fields, for the culture of roses; but his attention is in- 

 vited to the utility, convenience, and economy, that can be 

 found in the cultivation of a substantial kitchen garden, from 

 which his family may derive many innocent luxuries, which 

 providence with a liberal; hand, has spread around him. 



The moral and physical effects of gardening furnish no in- 

 considerable motive to its occupation. It expands the mind, 

 strengthens the body, and tends to promote habits of order, dil-. 

 i.gence, temperance, economy and observation. 



