234 EVERY MAN HIS OWN FARRIER 



AGEICULTURAL 



AMD 



MISCELLANEOUS EECEIPTS. 



OF GARDENS. 



A KITCHEN garden, well stored with vegetables, is 

 highly important to the former, as the use of these su- 

 persede the necessity of consuming much meat ; a 

 practice equally consistent with economy and good 

 health. When we perceive that the food of the cotta- 

 gers of Ireland, is principally milk and potatoes ; that 

 these are a race of people which are healthy, robust, 

 well-made, with strong, quick, and ardent powers of 

 mind ; and when we perceive that those savage na- 

 tions which, for want of other food, are obliged to sub- 

 sist entirely on fish or other meat, are generally the 

 most stupid, squalid, and ill-made ; we certainly can- 

 not draw conclusions in favour of eating great quan- 

 tities of flesh. 



It is advisable to have a close high fence round your 

 kitchen and fruit-gardens. This, in the first place, 

 renders every thing within it secure from pillagers ; 

 and also serves to keep out fowls. Another benefit, 

 consists in keeping off the strong cold winds of the 



