THE PRACTICAL COUNTRY GENTLEMAN 



ciples such an achievement is easily within reach. 

 It should, however, always be borne in mind that 

 a country estate has two distinct departments, 

 namely, the park and the farm. The former 

 includes lawns, drives, trees, shrubberies, glass 

 houses, and flowers; and to the latter belong 

 the crops, fruits, and live-stock, and it is from 

 this department our revenue should come. The 

 question of net profits from a country place, 

 then, will depend in a large measure upon the 

 amount of land to be devoted merely to orna- 

 mental planting. If, for Instance, the owner 

 prefers to have thirty acres of park and only 

 twenty of farm land, he could hardly expect the 

 revenue of one to support the expensive exac- 

 tions of the other. But if, on the other hand, 

 an estate of, say, eighty acres has fifty devoted 

 to the raising of crops and stock, the rest being 

 given over to the owner's fancy for landscape 

 gardening, a net return of four thousand dollars 

 could be made if the farm were properly han- 

 dled. This sum should do more than cover the 

 expense of the park and moderate-sized glass 

 houses. 



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