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bandry are cheaper than in England; that is to 

 say, lower priced. The wear and tear not nearly 

 half so much as, upon a farm in England of the 

 same size. The climate, the soil, the gentleness 

 and docility of the horses and oxen, the lighfc 

 ness of the waggons and carts, the lightness and 

 toughness of the wood of which husbandry imple 

 ments are made, the simplicity of the harness, 

 and, above all, the ingenuity and handiness of 

 the workmen in repairing, and in making shift ; 

 all these make the implements a matter of very 

 little note. Where horses are kept, the shoing 

 of them is the most serious kind of expence. 



324. The first business of a farmer is, here, 

 and ought to be every where, to live well: to 

 live in ease and plenty; to "keep hospitality" 

 as the old English saying was. To save money 

 is a secondary consideration ; but, any English 

 farmer, who is a good farmer there, may, if he 

 will bring his industry and care with him, and 

 be sure to leave his pride and insolence (if he 

 have any) along with his anxiety, ^behind him, 

 live in ease and plenty here, and keep hospi 

 tality, and save a great parcel of money too. 

 Jf he have the Jack-Daw taste for heaping lit 

 tle round things together in a hole, or chest, 

 he may follow his taste. I have often thought 

 of my good neighbour, JOHN GATER, who, if 

 he were here, with his pretty clipped hedges, 



