CONTENTS. vii 



tilizer. No Farmer should fail to have such a Thing in the 

 House Page 136 



CHAPTER X. 



PROFIT AND LOSS. 



Immense pecuniary Advantages of high old Farming. Exactitude 

 the Foundation of Success in Life. A plain Statement. General 

 Reflections. An amateur Butcher. Boiled salt Pork 148 



CHAPTER XI. 



THE FLUSHING SKATING-POND A DIGRESSION. 



A nice Man as an Ice-man 161 



CHAPTER XII. 



THE SECOND TEAR. 



A new Start, with no Drawbacks. Immense Results, but not pre 

 cisely what was Avanted. The great Pea turns out small. Won 

 derful obstinacy of Plants 161) 



CHAPTER XIII. 



SCIENCE. 



Knowledge is Power. The new Flower. A Thing of Beauty. Ap 

 pearance contrasted with Perfume. The Fox is the Finder.. 179 



CHAPTER XIV. 



A SECOND DIGRESSION FAIRY TALES FOR LITTLE FOLKS. 



Retributive Justice. Don t be such a Goose 1 80 



CHAPTER XV. 



NUISANCES, INHUMAN AND HUMAN. PETS THE CHARM OF COUN 

 TRY LIFE. 



With a few Reservations. Flies on the Rampage. Wonderful Dis 

 covery. Dogs on Seedlings. A Hop-toad Hunt 203 



CHAPTER XVI. 



BUTTER-MAKING. SEEDS AND THE DEVIL. 



Butter-making in all its Attractions. The Cream unequal to the 

 Emergency. Some Things can t be Done as well as Others. 

 Electrical Phenomena. Gathering Seed. Incidental Reference 

 to Satan and his Works not his agricultural ones 216 



