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fattened a calf annually to better profit than could 

 have been secured by selling milk or making butter. 

 The litters from a single sow he fattened and sold. 

 The manure he needed was manufactured on the 

 farm, and its efficiency greatly increased by keeping 

 it under cover. While these curious results were 

 being annually realized, Mr. Sillett contrived to 

 build a dwelling-house, cow-house, and piggery, and 

 was contemplating underdraining. 



But other benefits accrued from his undertaking. 

 He says 



&quot; Besides the greatest of all benefits that I have derived, 

 in restoring a sickly constitution to perfect health, I felt 

 delighted at the thought of being independent of the har 

 assing cares of business. Of all the feelings which we 

 possess, none is dearer than consciousness of independence ; 

 and this no man who earns his living by the favor of the 

 public, can be said to enjoy in an equal degree with the 

 husbandman. In trade there is a great jealousy and com 

 petition existing, and a submission to the public which is 

 galling to the spirit. But since I have given my attention 

 to the cultivation of the soil, I find I have no competition 

 to fear, have nothing to apprehend from the success of my 

 neighbor, and owe no thanks for the purchase of my com 

 modities. Possessing on my land all the necessaries of 

 life, I am under no anxiety regarding my daily subsistence.&quot; 



Spade husbandry means, and in reality is, thor 

 ough cultivation of the soil. Our gardens are all 

 perpetual illustrations of its superior value. There 

 is a man at Javington, in England, Dumbrel by 

 name, with a wife and several children, very poor, 



