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satisfactory, house, ground and market, but 

 the lady was untrained. She had no expe- 

 rience beyond her six weeks' course, so that 

 when difficulties and contingencies arose, 

 which had not been mentioned in her course, 

 and on which she had no u notes," she was 

 quite unable to cope with them. 



She has now joined forces with those 

 who find u that poultry keeping does not 

 pay." 



No other business or profession embraces 

 such a wide area of knowledge as farming : 

 some idea of this may be gathered from the 

 few points touched upon in this chapter. 



Forethought, patience, prompt judgment, Necessary 

 love of nature, and last, but far from least, a farmer 

 sound, practical experience of the work in all 

 its branches, is demanded of the successful 

 farmer. 



The practical experience must be there, and 

 he or she may, if they like, be with advantage 

 and enjoyment, botanist, entomologist, geo- 

 logist, chemist, zoologist, and meteorologist, 



