AND WHERE TO FIND ONE. 307 



u Conversation turned on cattle she spoke of the best 

 breeds of cows for the pail, the Ayrshires and the Devons 

 told me where the best cheese was made Cheshire; the 

 best butter Ireland ; where the milk-maids were to be 

 found Wales. * Oh, said I, I was mistaken. This 

 charming, intelligent woman, acting so natural and unaf 

 fected ; dressed so neatly and so very plainly, must be a 

 farmer s wife, and what a help-mate he has in her ! She is 

 not an extravagant wife, either not an ornament about 

 her yes, a single bracelet clasps a fair, rounded arm 

 that s all. 



&quot; The train stopped at York. Xo sooner had my trav 

 elling companions stepped upon the platform than they 

 were surrounded by half a dozen servants, men and maids, 

 the men in full livery. It turned out to be Sir John and 

 Lady H. This gentleman was one of the largest landed 

 proprietors in Berkshire, aud his lady the daughter of a 

 nobleman, a peeress in her own right ; but her title added 

 nothing to her, she was a nobleman without it.&quot; 



It is not the size of a farm that in all cases deter 

 mines the question of success. Whether large or 

 small ones are the more desirable, is referred to 

 elsewhere. Great things have been accomplished 

 on the former, but results comparatively marvel 

 lous have been achieved upon the latter, sometimes 

 with very inadequate means. ~No farm is to be de 

 spised because it happens to be a very small one. 

 An acre of land possesses capabilities which few can 

 be made to understand until they see them fully de 

 veloped. It is not exclusively from the land that 

 profit comes, but from the judicious application of 

 labor upon it. 



