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merely mechanical employment, and without constant 

 thought in planning and directing, he will constantly fail 

 to attain the desired result, notwithstanding the most 

 untiring industry. 



872. The choice of a location should be well considered, 

 and it is especially important whether it be near or remote 

 from market, since the particular branch of farming to 

 be followed will depend a good deal on market facilities. 

 The quality of the land should be taken into view. The 

 best lands will command the highest price, other things 

 being equal. But it will probably be found to be better 

 to buy good lands, though the original cost be greater, 

 than to spend one s time and energies in tilling a poor soil 

 simply because it is cheaper. The profit to be derived is 

 far greater in proportion 011 the former, and the original 

 cost is paid off more speedily and easily. 



878. The location of the buildings requires careful 

 consideration. How much time and strength will be 

 wasted every year if the buildings be unnecessarily so 

 placed as to require expensive teaming to and from the 

 fields, or the barn and outbuildings so situated as to 

 occasion many unnecessary steps, when a more judicious 

 location would have avoided all ? These points have a 

 direct and important bearing on the profit to be derived 

 from farming. 



874. Then as to the fences required, both along the 

 public ways and along division lines. What are the most 

 economical ? They should be constructed according to 

 the purpose for which the land is to be used, whether for 

 the general culture of farm crops, or for cattle or sheep 

 husbandry. They can be built when other and more 

 important labors are not pressing. But it should be 

 remembered that all useless and unnecessary fences 



