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way ; a neat, and a slovenly way ; and an economical, and a very 

 expensive way. As a general rule, tyros, and, many times, " oZc? 

 ww," too, are very liable to perform every job and handle every 

 tool in one of these sinister ways. 



Now, one laudable object in this treatise is, to furnish plain 

 directions, which, with the exercise of a little skill and com 

 mon sense, will turn our awkward, unskillful farmer-boys into 

 skillful, neat, and economical farmers. 



A copiotls index will be found at the end of the volume, by 

 which the reader will be able to turn without any difficulty to 

 any subject, or cut of tool or implement. The first column of 

 figures refers to the paragraphs in which whatever is referred to 

 may be found ; and the second column refers to the page of the 

 book. Reference is frequently made to paragraphs, in different 

 parts of this book, where the subject under consideration is more 

 fully explained, which should be looked out when reading. 



Stimulated by an ardent desire to give an efficient and skillful 

 direction to the energies of the young American farmer, and ele 

 vate him to that high and noble standing which the Creator 

 designed for him, I send forth this volume, hoping that my 

 labors of love will be appreciated, not only by my contempora 

 ries, but by thousands yet unborn, when I am sleeping in the 

 dust. S. E. T. 



LAKE RIDGE, TOMPKINS Co., N. Y., 1860. 



