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grow on the land, but mostly on the materials used for 

 fencing. For if but one fire is needed, the growth of 

 wood on a small number of acres will be sufficient to sup- 

 ply the requisite quantity of fuel ; so also if the timber is 

 of a durable kind, a much less quantity will be sufficient 

 to keep the fences in repair than would otherwise be 

 needed. The location of the farm should also be con- 

 sidered, for if it is located in the immediate vicinity of a 

 good market for wood economy could dictate that a larger 

 proportion of woodland would be profitable than under 

 other circumstances. If portions of the farm are unsuited 

 to tillage, it may be profitable to allow such portions to 

 remain in wood. But where all land is suitable for til- 

 lage, where the materials for fencing are not very perish- 

 able in their nature, and but one fire is generally needed, 

 a proportion of 15 or 20 per cent, in quantity on a farm 

 containing from 100 to 200 acres, is sufficient to remain 

 in timber. 



SECONDLY The proper division of the cleared land into 

 fields, the materials out of which those divisions are made, 

 and the manner of making them. 



The size of the fields should depend much on the size 

 of the farm, the purposes for which the fields will gene- 

 rally be used, and the expense of fencing ; but we believe 

 that little danger need be apprehended from the two small 

 size of fields, especially for pasturage. 



The shape of the fields, for obvious reasons, should be 

 as near square as the surface and places for watering will 

 permit ; and if any field or portion of a field should be 

 too wet for tillage, let it be drained according to directions 

 which will be hereafter given. 



The materials for fences will depend much on circum- 

 stances. Where stones of suitable size and shape can bo 



