A FARMER'S YEAR 



liEING 



HIS COMMONPLACE BOOK FOR 1898 



BY 



H. RIDER HAGGARD 



' Who minds to quote 

 Upon this note 



May easily find enoiigii ; 

 What charge and pain, 

 To little gain, 



Doth follow toiling plough. 



' Yet farmer may 

 Thank God and say, 



For yearly such good hap, 

 ' Well fare the plough 

 Th.it sends enough 



To stop so many a g;i|)'" 



Thomas Tussek, 1558 



IVini 2 MAPS AND 36 rLLUSTRATIONS 

 BY G. LEON LITTLE 



^^-Es^N IMPRESSION 



LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 



39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON 



NEW YORK AND BOMBAY 



1899 



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