38 WHAT I KNOW OF FARMING. 



will long hold its own in the Yalley of the Ohio and 

 in that of the Upper Mississippi. As it recedes 

 slowly Westward, Clover and Timothy, Butter and 

 Cheese, will press closely on its footsteps. 



Good neighbors, good roads, good schools, good 

 mechanics at hand, and a good church within reach, 

 will always be valued and sought : few farmers are 

 likely to disregard them. Let whoever buys a farm 

 whereon to live resolve to buy once for all, and let 

 him not forget that health is not only wealth but 

 happiness that an eligible location and a beautiful 

 prospect are elements of enjoyment not only for our- 

 selves but our friends ; let him not fancy that all the 

 land will soon be gobbled up and held at exorbitant 

 prices, but believe that money will almost always 

 command money's worth of whatever may be need- 

 ed, so that he need not embarrass himself to-day 

 through fear that he may not be able to find seller's 

 to-morrow, and he can hardly fail to buy judiciously, 

 and thus escape that worst species of home-sickness 

 sickness of home. 



